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Title: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: pinkjimiphoton on April 30, 2013, 06:21:21 PM
http://www.rsp-italy.it/Electronics/Books/index.htm

surf around the site, there's a LOT of good stuff!!
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: Tony Forestiere on April 30, 2013, 06:26:57 PM
You had to bring up the "Metric" thing again, didn't you.  ;D
Great stuff. Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: artifus on April 30, 2013, 07:37:07 PM
there are some wonderful illustrations in those audio books! good info too. thanks for posting.

*edit* oh man, this is fantastic: http://www.rsp-italy.it/Electronics/Magazines/Electrical%20Experimenter/index.htm (http://www.rsp-italy.it/Electronics/Magazines/Electrical%20Experimenter/index.htm)
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: garcho on April 30, 2013, 08:50:52 PM
Art, you were reading my mind. I'm already downloading a bunch of these for etch images. New contest?  :icon_twisted:

Thanks Jimi!

I'm partial to 'imperial assload', personally.
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: amptramp on April 30, 2013, 09:44:16 PM
More stuff here:

http://www.one-electron.com/tech_library.html

and here:

http://www.triodeel.com/schindex.htm
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: pinkjimiphoton on April 30, 2013, 11:38:47 PM
Quote from: garcho on April 30, 2013, 08:50:52 PM


I'm partial to 'imperial assload', personally.


:icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: deadastronaut on May 01, 2013, 03:44:18 AM
very cool links.....articles by tesla no less.... 8)

that art wok is brilliant... 8)
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: Ben N on May 01, 2013, 05:04:59 AM
Quote from: deadastronaut on May 01, 2013, 03:44:18 AM
very cool links.....articles by tesla no less.... 8)
Articles by Tesla = Teslicles
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: tca on May 01, 2013, 05:16:36 AM
Metricall indeed! Cheers.
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: amz-fx on May 01, 2013, 07:51:53 AM
Old issues of Radio Electronics magazine:

http://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Aradioelectronicsmagazine&sort=-publicdate

regards, Jack

Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: deadastronaut on May 01, 2013, 08:01:19 AM
Quote from: Ben N on May 01, 2013, 05:04:59 AM
Quote from: deadastronaut on May 01, 2013, 03:44:18 AM
very cool links.....articles by tesla no less.... 8)
Articles by Tesla = Teslicles

a guy called 'nikola'' with teslacles?.wtf? ;D
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: digi2t on May 01, 2013, 09:04:15 AM
Now if someone... anyone... can please find the datasheet on the Toshiba TA7125P?

:icon_evil:
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: woody alien on May 01, 2013, 09:13:41 AM
Quote from: digi2t on May 01, 2013, 09:04:15 AM
Now if someone... anyone... can please find the datasheet on the Toshiba TA7125P?

:icon_evil:

This may or may not be close:
http://www.alldatasheet.net/datasheet-pdf/pdf/161498/TOSHIBA/TA7120P.html
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: Mark Hammer on May 01, 2013, 09:41:17 AM
Quote from: amz-fx on May 01, 2013, 07:51:53 AM
Old issues of Radio Electronics magazine:

http://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Aradioelectronicsmagazine&sort=-publicdate

regards, Jack

1) Thanks, Jack.  You're a pal.  :icon_smile:

2) Hoochie MAMA!!!

3) The younguns here should go to that site, called up an issue from the early 80's, and flip through the pages at the back of the issue to get a sense of the prices and availability of things at that time.

4) Thomas Henry has a nice little article in the July 1983 issue on using transconductance amplifiers.  And I imagine somewhere in that archive is the Mod Box construction project from Jack and Thomas.
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: Electron Tornado on May 01, 2013, 10:28:19 AM
Wow! Hey, maybe this e-lectricity stuff is going to be more than just a fad after all.

A lot of the old books and articles ought to be interesting. Let's see who can be the first to make a fuzz box using a spark gap generator. (I'd say use a Tesla coil as well, but I think someone already made a plasma speaker, which kind of looked similar, sort of, kind of.)
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: tca on May 01, 2013, 10:38:03 AM
Quote from: pinkjimiphoton on April 30, 2013, 06:21:21 PM
http://www.rsp-italy.it/Electronics/Books/index.htm

surf around the site, there's a LOT of good stuff!!

There are also some schems for guitar (2 fuzz and amps) from the same website: http://www.rsp-italy.it/Electronics/Kits/index.htm

Cheers.
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: amptramp on May 01, 2013, 10:56:55 AM
Another goldmine:

http://audiophool.com/Techno.html

It includes links to other arcane sites.
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: Mark Hammer on May 01, 2013, 11:05:20 AM
Quote from: Electron Tornado on May 01, 2013, 10:28:19 AM
Wow! Hey, maybe this e-lectricity stuff is going to be more than just a fad after all.

Brother, it is...like... seriously trending....ya know?  :icon_wink:
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: pinkjimiphoton on May 01, 2013, 11:09:09 AM
Quote from: tca on May 01, 2013, 10:38:03 AM
Quote from: pinkjimiphoton on April 30, 2013, 06:21:21 PM
http://www.rsp-italy.it/Electronics/Books/index.htm

surf around the site, there's a LOT of good stuff!!

There are also some schems for guitar (2 fuzz and amps) from the same website: http://www.rsp-italy.it/Electronics/Kits/index.htm

Cheers.


also some tremolos and guitar preamps and stuff... i downloaded all of 'em!
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: duck_arse on May 01, 2013, 11:45:25 AM
speaking of mad old nikki tesla, I read somewhere (http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=70160.0 reply #5) that R.G. created electricity, and was wondering if tesla ever met the great man.
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: pinkjimiphoton on May 01, 2013, 12:18:06 PM
all i can say would be i'd like to be a fly on the wall to see that.  :icon_biggrin:
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: artifus on May 01, 2013, 12:20:25 PM
Quote from: duck_arse on May 01, 2013, 11:45:25 AM
speaking of mad old nikki tesla, ...

obligatory repost: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla (http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla)
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: pinkjimiphoton on May 01, 2013, 03:06:42 PM
wot.... but did you know you can use kimchee as a light emitting diode?

http://web.archive.org/web/20020806214410/www.research.compaq.com/wrl/techreports/html/TN-13/
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: digi2t on May 01, 2013, 04:04:45 PM
Quote from: woody alien on May 01, 2013, 09:13:41 AM
Quote from: digi2t on May 01, 2013, 09:04:15 AM
Now if someone... anyone... can please find the datasheet on the Toshiba TA7125P?

:icon_evil:

This may or may not be close:
http://www.alldatasheet.net/datasheet-pdf/pdf/161498/TOSHIBA/TA7120P.html

Negative. I've seen that datasheet. I've repeatedly sent requests for information to Toshiba Canada, USA, and even Japan, without ever getting a response. Just sent another one. :icon_evil:
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: DougH on May 02, 2013, 10:07:34 AM
This should keep you guys reading for a while:

http://www.tubebooks.org/technical_books_online.htm (http://www.tubebooks.org/technical_books_online.htm)

Note: This big ol' pile of electronics books includes the Radiotron Designer's Handbook, 3rd and 4th editions.


Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: Ben N on May 02, 2013, 02:42:14 PM
This should be a sticky thread.
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: artifus on May 02, 2013, 02:47:09 PM
a public domain copyright free books and articles sticky thread would be awesome.

*edit* or maybe a sub forum? to organise tube, transistor, op amp, digital etc...

Quote from: Mark Hammer on May 01, 2013, 09:41:17 AM
3) The younguns here should go to that site, called up an issue from the early 80's, and flip through the pages at the back of the issue to get a sense of the prices and availability of things at that time.

it's fascinating comparing the style and wording of the snake oil advertisements from the 1919 electrical experimenter magazines and the 1980's radio electronics ones... progress?
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: amz-fx on May 02, 2013, 06:02:08 PM
The TA7125P was a vca in a 7-pin SIP.  You've probably already seen this application, but I'll include it here for reference:

(http://www.muzique.com/misc/TA7125.gif)

regards, Jack
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: amz-fx on May 02, 2013, 06:03:18 PM
Old issues of Practical Electronics magazine:

http://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28practical%20electronics%29 (http://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28practical%20electronics%29)

regards, Jack
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: digi2t on May 03, 2013, 09:52:22 AM
Quote from: amz-fx on May 02, 2013, 06:02:08 PM
The TA7125P was a vca in a 7-pin SIP.  You've probably already seen this application, but I'll include it here for reference:

(http://www.muzique.com/misc/TA7125.gif)

regards, Jack


Yeah, Jack, that`s lifted from the Japanese Guitar Synth schematic. I`m intimate with it because I had it on the bread board about a month or so ago. The thing that throws me though, apart from the fact that it`s labeled as a VCA on the schematic, is that the ONLY info I`ve found on it is the descriptor «Ton Control».  ???
That`s why I was hoping the a datasheet would clear things up. Even the TA7120 (7 pin SIP), which is listed as a VCA, doesn`t match up where the pins are concerned.

Think I`l write a form letter, and start bombarding Toshiba into submission.  :icon_lol:
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: amptramp on May 10, 2013, 03:42:40 PM
Try this one:

http://www.kbapps.com/index.php

Everything from speaker enclosures to amp schematics to recipes for starving musicians.
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: therecordingart on May 10, 2013, 03:47:26 PM
Quote from: pinkjimiphoton on April 30, 2013, 06:21:21 PM
http://www.rsp-italy.it/Electronics/Books/index.htm

surf around the site, there's a LOT of good stuff!!

Metric??? Here in 'Murica we do things arbitrarily and inefficiently. You can keep your metric system. :)
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: Jdansti on May 10, 2013, 04:25:08 PM
Quote from: therecordingart on May 10, 2013, 03:47:26 PM
Quote from: pinkjimiphoton on April 30, 2013, 06:21:21 PM
http://www.rsp-italy.it/Electronics/Books/index.htm

surf around the site, there's a LOT of good stuff!!

Metric??? Here in 'Murica we do things arbitrarily and inefficiently. You can keep your metric system. :)

Metric buttload = ~475-480 liters
Imperial = 126 gallons.

It's based in a unit of measure for wine, so in terms of weight, it's about 544kg, or 1,200lb.
;D
http://www.howtogeek.com/trivia/if-you-have-a-butt-load-of-something-how-much-of-it-do-you-have/
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: PRR on May 11, 2013, 02:29:16 AM
> http://www.rsp-italy.it/Electronics/Books/index.htm

A fair amount of the audio-related stuff is taken from Pete's fine site.

One in particular *can't* be from anywhere else: the original is hand-signed and I know the full history of that scan.

I don't think either Pete or that scan's originator really cares, though Pete does ask "please contact me for permission".
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: Jdansti on May 11, 2013, 05:02:22 AM
^Wow! 
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: Ben N on May 11, 2013, 02:35:49 PM
Quote from: Jdansti on May 10, 2013, 04:25:08 PM
Quote from: therecordingart on May 10, 2013, 03:47:26 PM
Quote from: pinkjimiphoton on April 30, 2013, 06:21:21 PM
http://www.rsp-italy.it/Electronics/Books/index.htm

surf around the site, there's a LOT of good stuff!!

Metric??? Here in 'Murica we do things arbitrarily and inefficiently. You can keep your metric system. :)

Metric buttload = ~475-480 liters
Imperial = 126 gallons.

It's based in a unit of measure for wine, so in terms of weight, it's about 544kg, or 1,200lb.
;D
http://www.howtogeek.com/trivia/if-you-have-a-butt-load-of-something-how-much-of-it-do-you-have/
That's some butt.
Title: Re: a metric buttload of ancient electronics books and articles
Post by: garcho on May 17, 2013, 05:21:26 PM
Quote...to recipes for starving musicians.

Ha! I hate to say it, but I'm probably a better cook than a guitar player at this point, slow year  :'(