This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------64D974D3A0406A560316EA8C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mark Willis wrote: > #2 is something that comes to mind from all the tech questions I see > on the mailing list; Does it make sense to get some links to how to > solder, what the basic electronics parts are & look like & numbering > schemes, and so on, for those who aren't experienced technicians? (It'd > be some work, of course...) Just a thought (and maybe there's a > different "learn electronics" listserve out there!) > I think (I am not sure though) that most of the people on this list are techies. I think everybody makes a fair assumption that most of the people here have some technical expertise, be that software, hardware or both. I would be advise anybody that if they didn't feel comftable to work on electronic or electrical equiptment then they souldn't do it, there is only so much you can read on these subjects, but in order to become a competent technician/engineer takes a lot more than reading a book or a web site. There are also a safety consideration to think about. If anybody decides that they would like to know more, find a local TV / computer repair shop and have a chat with an engineer, or with somebody who does this kinda thing for a living. There is a mountain of knowledge that just can't be documented, and is passed down via word of mouth. In the PC marketplace there is no guarantee as to wether ANYTHING will work with anything else, and this is echoed on the numerous newsgroups with people saying "my X dosent work with my Y, the company won't/can't help" and months can be spent on what may seem a simple problem. The bottom line is, if you have any doubts, rethink the situation. It will probably be more productive in the long term. I hope I haven't put anybody off, assembling a machine which works, solving all the little problems with it, and showing it off to people gives a great feeling of achievement, but it takes a lot of hard work, and not everybody appreciates that. Neill (P.S. I learned a lot about electronic stuff, when aged 4, I took apart my parents TV with a pair of scissors, and literally cutting the components off the board !! even at that tender age I knew to unplug it and not to touch the HT lead !. Needless to say I have done a lot worse since ;-) ) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Neill Newman Tel: Home 01206 874261 Department of Electronics Systems Engineering Work 01206 873708 University of Essex Fax: "" 01206 872900 http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~njnewm/ mailto:---------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------64D974D3A0406A560316EA8C Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Neill Newman Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Neill Newman n: Newman;Neill org: University Of Essex adr: VASE Lab, University Of Essex;;Wivenhoe park;Colchester;Essex;CO4 3SQ;UK email;internet:
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