PET composite video adapter
bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
Tue Oct 14 15:53:12 CDT 2008
Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ wrote:
>
> I remember having a similar conversation with my 'O' Grade Physics
> teacher in high school, about how a 1F capacitor would be huge and
> impractical. "Hang on a sec", I thought, "I've got 1000uF capacitors
> and they're about the size of my thumb. My Dad's got 10000uF
> capacitors for his audio amps, and they're the size of a coke can. I
> reckon 100 such capacitors would fit in my schoolbag, at worst..."
>
> And that's how I learned that school wasn't going to teach me anything
> useful, or basically true.
All charged up for the the teacher to hold... ;)
> All
> Gordon
>
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