On Feb 24, 2006, at 8:52 PM, Vitaliy wrote: > what did "doing electronics" mean to you back in 193x For reference, that's about the timeframe that the original "Tom Swift" books were published (these have apparently entered the public domain and the text is online these days. Cool.) Electronics as we know it today may have been a bit ... unreachable, but plenty was possible in the realm of electricity, magnetics, motors, electrostatics, telegraphy, and the beginnings of radio and such... BillW -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist