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Re: VOMs
On Thu, 23 May 1996 21:57:27 -0600, Tesla List
<tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>, you wrote:
> The VOM is fast disappearing from
>the scene, much to my disgust, because the metered movement allows a bit
>of optical integration that the DMM just can't do, period.
I'm glad to see others prefer analog meters. 99.9% of the time no one
needs 4 digits of accuracy, and the analog meters are faster for
general use. note: I'm a digital engineer by profession and I still
like the analog meters for general use!
>Be adived that one single inadvertent check of a cap with a charge
>remaining on it will destroy a modern, digital LCR meter. The older tube
>units just laugh at such little faux pas on the part of the experimenter.
>
Tubes may be out of fashion, big, hot, BUT THEY ARE ROBUST!
After running my TC for a month or 2, the sad thought occurred to me:
I wondered if ANY of the ICs in my garage still work?
pensively,
jim
BSEE, teethed on tubes(in grade school), now doing ICs.