Electronics Forum / Electronics / November 2007

In the way of large organisations Tektronix have issued a recall
notice on their website dated the 28th of October then forgotten to
tell their customers. <grumble, grumble>  I even rang the Tektronix
service manager at VMS here in Brisbane (the Tek website says to send

I bought a digital camera today and, instead of trying to sell me an
accessory recharger and rechargebable batteries, the salesman
recommended Energizer Lithium batteries
<http://www.energizer.com/products/lithium/default.aspx>.

I've constructed icl7107 voltmeter, but it doesn't work. The display
displays "1666". What's up?

Was talking to a colleague today associated with computer parts
distribution, he mentioned that he has heard rumours of  a "proposed
ban on sales of LCD / Plasma type monitors" for
"environmental" (energy saving) reasons, instead presumably "mandating

I have a 20W lamp ballast unit (from an energy saving lamp) that I would
like to drive 2/3 9W lamps with. I was about to simply run the lamps in
parallel until i realised the orginal lamp was a 4-wire lamp, but the
new lamps are only two-wire. So, before I make a mess of my ...

invested $44 on a Palsonic DVD2040  from DSE this arvo.
Just needed a compact CD player for my workshop  -  as a music signal source
and for my Denon " Audio Technical CD "  with its white and pink noise plus
1/3 octave noise tests signals ( 99 tracks in all).

   I received the following e-mail which might be of interest to
collectors. I'm putting it here in good faith that it's genuine...
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We have been cleaning out my father’s garage and workshop and after 60

I have a medical device with a blown globe. I measured 240volts at the globe
but the suppliers says it takes a 120V globe. I asked them if they are sure
because I measured 240volts at the terminal. Their reply was that they run
the 120V globe at 240V but at a lower amperage. They do ...