Monday, September 21, 2015

How computers are made...

How computers are made...  Via friend, reader, and former colleague Simon M.

Younger electronics types may not recognize the components in the photo.  The package at the upper left is an eight pin DIP package.  Before surface mount took over the world, they were the standard package for most integrated circuits (with various numbers of pins).  The other five components are resistors, with one of their leads cut off and the other twisted up.  They were the standard package for most resistors before surface mount's rise...

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