Post by thread:[OT] Condensors Re[2]: To Few Port Pins ????

No need to apologise. In fact you are in a sense right as a VERY long time ago capacitors used to be know as CONDENSORS. When I used to work for Cable and Wireless, they have a training college and a museum. In the museum the have some real old telepgraph equipment used in the early 1900's for communicating across jungles. FYI it was a kind of NRZ morse code thing! But anyway this is where I first saw a capacitor called a condensor. Also, is anybody familiar with the term 'condensor microphone' that used to be on old tape recorders? regards, SW. ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: To Few Port Pins ???? Author: pic microcontroller discussion list <spam_OUTPICLISTTakeThisOuTMITVMA.MIT.EDU> at INTERNET Date: 10/10/97 08:24 On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, TONY NIXON 54964 wrote: > <snip> > > HC373, 4511, 5 transistors, 6 resistors, 5 diodes and some condensators. > > > In all my years in electronics I've never heard a cap called that.... > > It must be a new device to control dry joints. PTM: Sorry, English isn't my native language and sometimes you can see it :) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PTM, .....pasi.mustalahtiKILLspam@spam@utu.fi, ptmustaKILLspamutu.fi, http://www.utu.fi/~ptmusta Lab.ins. (mikrotuki) ATK-keskus/Mat.Luon.Tdk OH1HEK Lab.engineer (PC support) Computer Center OI7234 Mail: Turun Yliopisto / Fysla, Vesilinnantie 5, 20014 Pt 02-3336669, FAX 02-3335632 (Pk 02-2387010, NMT 049-555577) --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Scott Walsh <.....PICLISTKILLspam.....MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote: > No need to apologise. In fact you are in a sense right as a VERY > long time ago capacitors used to be know as CONDENSORS. > > real old telepgraph equipment used in the early 1900's .... is > where I first saw a capacitor called a condensor. Scott: For what it's worth, the capacitor that's placed across the points in automotive contact-point ignitions is STILL called a "condensor". -Andy === Andrew Warren - EraseMEfastfwdspam_OUTTakeThisOuTix.netcom.com === Fast Forward Engineering - Vista, California === http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499

Scott Walsh wrote: > > No need to apologise. In fact you are in a sense right as a VERY long > time ago capacitors used to be know as CONDENSORS. > etc etc > ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Not spelt like that, surely? According to the Oxford Dictionary: CONDENSER: chamber in steam-engine in which steam is condensed on leaving cylinder; (electrical) capacitor; system of lenses, concentrating light. L knew an New Zealander who always said "condeeznance". It was impossible to know the spelling of this word as he never wrote it down. John Blackburn London UK.

>> No need to apologise. In fact you are in a sense right as a VERY >> long time ago capacitors used to be know as CONDENSORS. >> >> real old telepgraph equipment used in the early 1900's .... is >> where I first saw a capacitor called a condensor. >For what it's worth, the capacitor that's placed across the points in >automotive contact-point ignitions is STILL called a "condensor". That's a bit strange.... In norwegian we use the word "kondensator" for a capacitor. (All types, not only the automotive ones) "kondensator" and "condensor" is not so different.. -Oyvind

Scott Walsh wrote: > No need to apologise. In fact you are in a sense right as a VERY long > time ago capacitors used to be know as CONDENSORS. Condensers eh? (No, it WASN'T "Condensors" either AFAIK) You know, I REMEMBER them too! (Copious warm fuzzies from childhood ensue). > When I used to work for Cable and Wireless, they have a training > college and a museum. In the museum the have some real old telepgraph > equipment used in the early 1900's for communicating across jungles. > FYI it was a kind of NRZ morse code thing! NRZ? You mean bipolar signalling, the current (that is, as compared to voltage) equivalent of RS-232, so we are still using the same thing. > Also, is anybody familiar with the term 'condensor microphone' that > used to be on old tape recorders? You must be referring to VERY HIGH QUALITY old tape recorders. > PTM: Sorry, English isn't my native language and sometimes you can see > it :) Yes, Pasi, we read your text and hear your accent in our minds! Albeit we probably hear it wrong. Cheers, Paul B.

Oyvind Kaurstad wrote: > >> No need to apologise. In fact you are in a sense right as a VERY > >> long time ago capacitors used to be know as CONDENSORS. > >> > >> real old telepgraph equipment used in the early 1900's .... is > >> where I first saw a capacitor called a condensor. > > >For what it's worth, the capacitor that's placed across the points in > >automotive contact-point ignitions is STILL called a "condensor". > > That's a bit strange.... > > In norwegian we use the word "kondensator" for a capacitor. (All types, > not only the automotive ones) > > "kondensator" and "condensor" is not so different.. > > -Oyvind I think that would be because Norwegian is also a Germanic-based language. Dutch, German and (my beloved) Afrikaans also stem from the same roots. I speak Afrikaans, English (obvious) and Dutch fluently. German I don't understand or speak - but I can decipher it if you hand me a written text. Not very accurate, but close enough to understand that one should not shove ones forefinger in a light socket <G> Cheers! -- Eric van Es | Cape Town, South Africa vanesspam_OUTilink.nis.za | http://www.nis.za/~vanes LOOKING FOR TEMPORARY / HOLIDAY ACCOMODATION? http://www.nis.za/~vanes/accom.htm