Does anybody still remember AND, OR, NAND, NOR... gates?

"Who is General Failure. And why is he reading my Hard Disk Drive?"

Quasimodo was in the steeple of Notre Dame looking down on the town when he noticed a man running to the ladder of the steeple. There was something odd about the man, but from a distance, Quasimodo couldn't distinguish what it was. The man climbed the ladder, and it was evident - he had no arms. He saw Quasimodo and said, "It has been my lifelong dream to ring the bells of Notre Dame! Please allow me this great favor!"
Quasimodo said, "No! I ring the bells! Besides, you have no arms!"
The man replied, "I know, but it is my dream!"
Quasimodo again refused, but the man was persistent, and finally Quasimodo relented, not sure how the man would accomplish ringing the bells. The armless man lay down beside the bell, put his feet on the bell and shoved the bell with his feet as hard as he could. Then he stood up, and as the bell swung back toward him, he stuck his head forward. The bell struck him in the face with a resounding "GONG!" Again, he lay down and shoved the bell with his feet, stood, and let the bell hit him. "GONG!" After the third time, the armless man was knocked so woozy that he stumbled and fell off the steeple. In horror, Quasimodo scurried down the ladder to the man. By the time he reached him, a priest was there, administering last rites. The priest turned to Quasimodo and asked, "Do you know this man?"
Quasimodo answered, "No, but his face rings a bell."

Originally posted by pawnpaw
Does anybody still remember AND, OR, NAND, NOR... gates?

Originally posted by pawnpaw
Does anybody still remember AND, OR, NAND, NOR... gates?

Originally posted by Captain Strange
Quasimodo was in the steeple of Notre Dame looking down on the town when he noticed a man running to the ladder of the steeple. There was something odd about the man, but from a distance, Quasimodo couldn't distinguish what it was. The man climbed the ladder, and it was evident - he had no arms. He saw Quasimodo and said, "It has been my lifelong dre ...[text shortened]... simodo and asked, "Do you know this man?"
Quasimodo answered, "No, but his face rings a bell."q

Originally posted by pawnpaw
Does anybody still remember AND, OR, NAND, NOR... gates?

A blonde woman was speeding down the road in her little red sports car and was pulled over by a female police officer, who was also a blonde.
The officer asked to see the lady's driver's license. She dug through her purse and was getting progressively more agitated.
"What does it look like?" she finally asked.
The policewoman replied, "It's square and it has your picture on it."
The driver finally found a mirror in her purse, looked at it and handed it to the policewoman. "Here it is," she said.
The officer looked at the mirror, then handed it back saying, "Okay, you can go. I didn't realize you were a cop."

Originally posted by sonhouse
Us card carrying old farts do. In fact we have 4 machines that still use TTL logic, not just the big four but also XOR gates, multivibrator, counters, 555 timers, analog switch circuits, solid state relays, and even PHYSICAL relays!

Yes, you're right. Its not a joke, so it shouldn't be here... 😀

Originally posted by pawnpaw
Wow! Me myself personally, have in my possession, in my house, wait for it...
a valve driven radio ! Unfortunately, not working anymore, there's one valve for which I can not find a replacement. Usual stations we could pick up was Brazzaville, Leopoldville, Delhi, Dakar, Cincinnati, Australia, various stations allover.
A genuine Pilot Commander, with medium wave, short wave and long wave bandspreads. Must have been made in the 1920's.

Originally posted by sonhouse
Did it look like this:

http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/pilot_commander.html
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I was fascinated by all you could hear.

Originally posted by sonhouse
Did it look like this:

http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/pilot_commander.html

This link shows the tubes(Valves to you) in this radio. They are available. Tell me which one and I will see what I can find.

When I was a kid my uncle had a Zenith Transoceanic, a great radio for the time. I was fascinated by all you could hear.

So this car jacker goes to New York city and waits for a nice sports car to pull up to the stop light so he can force the driver out and take the car. A red sports car finally drives up as he whips out a gun and demands that the driver get out of his car. Once inside the car, he looks around for a few minutes and then gets out of the car and runs down the street.

A few blocks down the road he does the same thing. He forces the driver out at gunpoint, looks around in the car, and the proceeds to exit the car and run down the street. After an hour or so of this the police finally catch up to the man and they ask him, why do you not take the car when you forced the drivers out? He said, I can't drive a stick.

Originally posted by whodey
So this car jacker goes to New York city and waits for a nice sports car to pull up to the stop light so he can force the driver out and take the car. A red sports car finally drives up as he whips out a gun and demands that the driver get out of his car. Once inside the car, he looks around for a few minutes and then gets out of the car and runs down the ...[text shortened]... m, why do you not take the car when you forced the drivers out? He said, I can't drive a stick.