Post by thread:[OT] Bob Widlar. Died February 27 1991

If anyone wonders what the "Widlar" in the Widlar thread is about, read this http://www.national.com/rap/Story/widlar.html ALL engineers will probably find it interesting. It's an obituary written by Bob Pease, if that's any indication of the stature of the man concerned. You wouldn't have wanted to have the office next to his one though :-) RM E18 rating - Includes advanced electronics, harmless pranks with a sheep (http://www.national.com/rap/Horrible/sheep.html), firecrackers destroying paging systems, boss baiters, and much more. Also some fine electronics design gets mentioned in passing.

>If anyone wonders what the "Widlar" in the Widlar thread is about, >read this > > http://www.national.com/rap/Story/widlar.html > >ALL engineers will probably find it interesting. Hmm, I have some projects around here that need to be "Widlarized" ...

In message <01bf01c59d8a$6f10d930$d201a8c0@y2k> Russell McMahon <spam_OUTapptechTakeThisOuTparadise.net.nz> wrote: > http://www.national.com/rap/Story/widlar.html Oh yeah, the Hassler. I emailed Bob Pease a while back and got a copy of the article from him - complete with "Enjoy! RAP" written on the top. I've still got the article here - never did get around to building one though. It was in Electronic Design Magazine, May 15th 1995, on page 131. "Pease Porridge: What's All This Hassler Stuff, Anyhow?". One of these days I'll do a PCB for the Hassler and build one. Raise your voice and get hit by a loud *SKREEEE*. It's the closest thing I've found to the "perfect", legal LART. The problem with a clue-by-four is that hitting someone with it is kinda, sorta, maybe.. illegal in some (uh.. most) jurisdictions. Hammers are good for Widlarizing components though. Especially big ones. *goes off to find somewhere that still sells Big Foam ClueBats* Later. -- Phil. | Acorn RiscPC600 SA220 64MB+6GB 100baseT .....philpemKILLspam@spam@philpem.me.uk | Athlon64 3200+ A8VDeluxe R2 512MB+100GB http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | Sony MZ-N710 NetMD Minidisc ... ----> If you cut here, you'll ruin your monitor. <----