Post by thread:[OT]:Transformerless PSU (+ question for repairmen

Vasile Surducan wrote: > > On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Roman Black wrote: > > > resistor. I've got units like this running for > > 15 years and never failed. > > -Roman > > > How old are you, Roman ? You have good advices... Thanks! :o) <changed topic to [OT]:> I'm 36 now! 5 could read 5-6 skipped couple years in school (in US would have been a "child prodigy" in Australia you just got "smart kid, miss a year") 10 started electronics hobby 1975 10 started high school (too young) 12 fixing anything with wires for family/friends 13 building/program computers with 8080, 6800, Z80 (remember soldering cpu and rams in veroboard? Programming with switches in binary?) 14 first in state, school technical shop (elect) 14 started TAFE basic electronics as night course (only person in Australia ever studied or graduated that course as a schoolchild) 15 electical technician (indust electrician) apprenticeship in industry, (had to get doctors certificate beacuse of age!) couldn't bear the thought of wasting 2 more years in school surrounded by children. 19 post trades industrial electronics microprocessor (one year) 19 qualified as elec tech + electrician After spending whole life in school and heavy industry I needed a break, lots of years of wild motorbikes, women, partying, living off my wits fixing anything, designing custom machinery and control gear, wacky inventions, musican, owned decent home studio, did real studio time playing guitar for others music, martial arts, bodybuilding, training others, some small businesses, somewhere in there did a couple of years of TV/VCR and studied anything technical I could. Wrote 2 bodybuilding books, owned a barter system, cowrote and published a financial magazine for 4 years, spent 3 years on a PC game team as graphics engine programmer in C, owned 4 TV repair shops (just closed the last one now), phew and that's only a bit of it, most of those things were done parallel to each other. Don't have a resume because I really don't think any stranger would believe it. :o) I like a challenge and love to soak up new skills, and quickly becoming the best at anything I try, or making a world-beating product. I like self learning, hate any classroom system as the learning pace is stupidly slow, I like new projects in totally new areas as it forces me to learn new stuff. I hate the slow way, hate easy things. Thats work... Sorry to rave on about me but you asked! Now what about you? Your posts have shown a huge electronics knowlege... :o) -Roman -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

>10 started electronics hobby 1975 Wow, I was one year old! :o) >inventions, musican, owned decent home studio, did >real studio time playing guitar for others music, Why almost all (good) technicians I know are involved in some kind of music? >TV/VCR and studied anything technical I could. Wrote 2 >bodybuilding books, owned a barter system, cowrote and Bodybuilding? Do you still find free time? >Sorry to rave on about me but you asked! Have you had time to go to bathroom between all these activities? Maybe some sleep? :o))) ---8<---Corte aqui---8<---- Alexandre Souza spam_OUTtaitoTakeThisOuTterra.com.br http://planeta.terra.com.br/lazer/pinball/ ---8<---Corte aqui---8<---- -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

Alexandre Domingos F. Souza wrote: > > >10 started electronics hobby 1975 > > Wow, I was one year old! :o) > > >inventions, musican, owned decent home studio, did > >real studio time playing guitar for others music, > > Why almost all (good) technicians I know are involved in some kind of music? > > >TV/VCR and studied anything technical I could. Wrote 2 > >bodybuilding books, owned a barter system, cowrote and > > Bodybuilding? Do you still find free time? > > >Sorry to rave on about me but you asked! > > Have you had time to go to bathroom between all these activities? Maybe some sleep? :o))) No time for the gym lately i'm afraid. Or the guitar either. And sleep?? Yes I remember that! ;o) -Roman -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.