tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048938343275826850.post8449970859731038094..comments2024-03-20T10:15:02.873+02:00Comments on Bob's Three Month Cretan Adventure: COMPUTER WOESBob (Bobby)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00432946935091656830noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048938343275826850.post-48719912842926558342008-05-22T04:09:00.000+03:002008-05-22T04:09:00.000+03:00I present to you the ancient secret of the transis...I present to you the ancient secret of the transistor as such principles apply in this case as well. The magic smoke is supposed to stay in the little magic box. Liberating the magic smoke from the little magic box does not provide you with any type of existential experience. On the contrary, you have deprived the little magic box of its magic smoke, and it can no longer perform its electronic magic.<BR/><BR/>What a way to go...It's okay, I blew up a Gallium Arsenide MESFET about two weeks ago. That thing came off my circuit board in two pieces when I desoldered it. Those little things are expensive for discrete transistors at around $3.00 a piece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com