09-02-13 14:52 BOB KLAHN wrote to ED VANCE about Ham Radio Promo

 BK> {at}MSGID: 
 BK>  ...

 BK>>  first time. Now so much has changed I tell people I have a
 BK>> mind
 BK>>  full of obsolete knowledge.

 EV> It's NOT Obsolete to guys like me who want to know what the
 EV> earlier folks learned (The Hard Way) way back when.

 EV> In the 1960's I was listening to two people talking about
 EV> How Simple Such And Such Was, and I told them they ought to
 EV> write a book for folks like me to learn all about that
 EV> Subject.

 BK>  Ed, if you were doing that back in the '60s I doubt you don't
 BK>  already know the obsolete knowledge I have.

Bob, When I heard the two men talking I didn't know enough
about the subject to understand it OR to retain it for
future reference, plus I didn't have a computer to keep notes
to help my memory until March 1984, and it took a few months
after I got that C=64 to know how to do that.

When I got the C=64 and 1541 Floppy Drive I couldn't figure out
how to format a Blank Disk.
I tried over and over using FORMAT #?? without getting any results.
It was about the third day I had the computer that I tried the
TEST DISK program on the floppy that came with the 1541 and saw
it ask me to Insert a Blank Disk.

NO matter how many times I read the instruction book I couldn't
figure out that I was suppose to type what was on the first page
of the book that said, OPEN 15,8,15 EVERY TIME I USED ANY OF THE
COMMANDS ON THE PAGES FOLLOWING THE "OPEN" Command.

Six to Ten Months Later by looking over Basic Program Code it
finally occured to me that I wasn't suppose to turn to any of
the other Command Pages before I entered the OPEN 15,8,15 line.

That's The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing But The Truth!

 BK>  A couple years ago I lectured a tech on the operation of
 BK> vacuum
 BK>  tubes. I suspect you don't need that lecture.

I used to drool over the EIMAC 4-65A, but never built anything
that used it.

Later I met a Ham who sold me a chassis for 2 4-125A that he used
to use before he built a larger RF AMP.
There were 2 sockets for the Finals, but he had removed the
High Voltage Capacitors AND Variable Caps to use in his new RF Amp.
I didn't have the money to buy the parts so never built it.

73    .  .

... I'm searching for myself.  Have you seen me anywhere?
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