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Re: DVDs are worse than CDs

Not everyone agrees that D.V.D.s are worse than C.D.s. Neil Maxwell at Intel wrote in Message-ID: snipped-for-privacy@4...
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posted by thanks-to
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Replacements for tube style monitor flybacks...

I've run into a problem - replacement flybacks for a popular monitor from the 1970s used in video games is discontinued...
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posted by jrr
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Replacements for tube style monitor flybacks...

I've run into a problem - replacement flybacks for a popular monitor from the 1970s used in video games is discontinued...
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posted by jrr
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posted by martin_riddle
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OT: Driving vs Traveling

Saw mention of the operator of a motor vehicle claiming he wasn't DRIVING but, rather TRAVELING (as an argument against...
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posted by blockedofcourse
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gosh

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2026/02/16/western-digital-sells-out-entire-2026-hard-drive-inventory-as-ai-datacenters-...
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posted by jl
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Velocity factor again

I'm still struggling to understand the way things work at VHF (145 Mc/s to be precise). As far as I can tell, the Veloc...
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posted by liz
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WABAC

Well, apparently, it was originally conceived as "Waybac": From in re: the Wayback Machine (archive.org): "On another n...
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posted by blockedofcourse
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Encryption/Privacy/Backend Servers

I collect sh*tloads of "personal data", video, audio, etc. in the normal course of operation of my system. This is used...
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posted by blockedofcourse
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cheap analog square function?

Hi, I was wondering what is the cheapest (and hopefully, simple to wire up) way to get an analog square function. I.e.,...
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posted by christopher
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usenet weirdness

If I reply to posts from the pointy-ear guy, they go to sci.astro, even though his posts are in sci.electronics.design....
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posted by jl
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Code (NEC) question

I am using devices like this: as volt-free interfaces to the signalling from smoke and CO detectors. The mains connecti...
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posted by blockedofcourse
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Camera placement

In the US, most (suburban, single family) homes have a double-wide garage door (18'W x 7' H). The door is articulated s...
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posted by blockedofcourse
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Impedance of a colinear aerial

I am building an experimental vertical aerial of the 'colinear' type for the 2-metre amateur band (144 to 146 Mc/s in t...
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posted by liz
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