Radio Shack has a surprising amount of electronics supplies and books. Get a copy of their big catalog. Most stores don't stock the stuff but they will order it for you. Some stuff is of a very professional grade with embedded CPUs, fiber optics, data loggers, and the books to explain them. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 7/19/01, 9:22:42 AM, Yaron <jethro at freakzilla.com> wrote regarding [TCLUG] OT: Electronics Hackers?.sdm: > Hey, > Ok, my knowledge off electronics is enough for me to know how to replace > LEDs on my machine when they die or are too boring. But that's pretty much > it (ie, I can solder somewhat, and I know how to reconnect wires). > When I was at The Shack getting new LEDs, I saw one of those LED-Basr > things (you know, thing that has 8 LEDs in a row) and I thought, wouldn't > it be cool to put that on and geet a Knight Rider thing going when the > power was on? Or when the HDD gets accessed? Now, I know enough THEORY to > know that you need something that'll take the power in from one LED and, > uh, round-robin it between 8 LEDs. I know how to tell DNS to do that, but > not real hardware. > I know a lot of people on the list are electronics geeks (what's happening > with the analog RAM meter, btw?) so I figured I'd ask. Is there like a > Beginner's Guide to Hacking Electronics website or something? > TIA, > -Yaron > -- > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list