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Offline shooter

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puzzle me this
« on: October 18, 2022, 04:52:47 pm »
the pic showed up in my feed, my "guess" was < a single resistor
can't play with HighVolts so I found this;


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Re: puzzle me this
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2022, 03:48:24 am »
There is a cool video about this on youtube by eevblog i think.

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Re: puzzle me this
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2022, 05:24:19 pm »
ELECTRONICS magazine started puzzles in October 1950, in the BACKTALK section, typically near pg 132.

Note that by by December they were already "Red Face" about incorrect answers, so this could be a never-ending time-sink (not counting the other bizarre tidbits you find).
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Re: puzzle me this
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2022, 06:20:11 pm »
i pulled this image for other reasons, fits with the thread, maybe  :laugh:
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Re: puzzle me this
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2022, 05:19:48 pm »
i pulled this image for other reasons, fits with the thread, maybe  :laugh:
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