eidolonFIRE Posted December 8, 2014 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Posted December 8, 2014 http://time.com/3622824/video-game-inventor-ralph-baer-dies/ little_old_man and Mule 2
little_old_man Posted December 8, 2014 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted December 8, 2014 He actually built prototypes for several games as early as 1951. A great mind that created the reason we're all here on XI. RIP Ralph Baer eidolonFIRE 1 Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted December 8, 2014 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Author Posted December 8, 2014 The first pong games were made completely out of discrete components ... this blows my mind. http://www.pong-story.com/vsmk2.htm
L!ckALotAPus Posted December 8, 2014 Member ID: 21216 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 20 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1695 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 1732 Achievement Points: 15803 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/15/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Birthday: 02/09/1966 Posted December 8, 2014 a hero to us all! RIP Mr Baer
LandShark Posted December 8, 2014 Member ID: 698 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1145 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 782 Achievement Points: 7232 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/06/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 15, 2024 Device: Windows Posted December 8, 2014 I still love PONG. Awards
little_old_man Posted December 9, 2014 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted December 9, 2014 The first pong games were made completely out of discrete components ... this blows my mind. http://www.pong-story.com/vsmk2.htm Great pictures. When I got my first job out of high school installing computers on printing equipment, the boards all looked like that. Lots of soldering cold joints and adding jumper wires to make things work right. Ah the good old days. eidolonFIRE and Leadfinger 2 Awards
Leadfinger Posted December 9, 2014 Member ID: 4888 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 56 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2020 Content Per Day: 0.45 Reputation: 3795 Achievement Points: 26312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2023 Birthday: 08/29/1962 Posted December 9, 2014 Those pictures certainly brought back memories. My brother and I were always scrounging up old stereos, tape decks, TVs anything with an amplifier then hooking up a big speaker to play our guitar through . . . Learned how to soldier and fix things but mostly made a lot of circuit boards release the smoke that was installed at the factory Pong was the gateway drug for a lot of gamers . . . . me included eidolonFIRE and little_old_man 2 Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted December 9, 2014 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Author Posted December 9, 2014 Those pictures certainly brought back memories. My brother and I were always scrounging up old stereos, tape decks, TVs anything with an amplifier then hooking up a big speaker to play our guitar through . . . Learned how to soldier and fix things but mostly made a lot of circuit boards release the smoke that was installed at the factory Pong was the gateway drug for a lot of gamers . . . . me included not the magic smoke!? It won't work without the magic smoke.
Leadfinger Posted December 9, 2014 Member ID: 4888 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 56 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2020 Content Per Day: 0.45 Reputation: 3795 Achievement Points: 26312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2023 Birthday: 08/29/1962 Posted December 9, 2014 not the magic smoke!? It won't work without the magic smoke. So you are familiar with the magic smoke that is within every circuit board? It doesn't grant you 3 wishes Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted December 9, 2014 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Author Posted December 9, 2014 So you are familiar with the magic smoke that is within every circuit board? It doesn't grant you 3 wishes I went to school... I know where the magic smoke is in every circuit. http://xkcd.com/730/ little_old_man and Leadfinger 2
little_old_man Posted December 9, 2014 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted December 9, 2014 Lead do you remember having to discharge all of the capacitors on a circut board before working on it? I used to take a long piece of solder and tap it to ground. The loud pop used to wake everybody up in the room. Eidolon, nice job converting your handle to binary. Leadfinger and eidolonFIRE 2 Awards
Leadfinger Posted December 9, 2014 Member ID: 4888 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 56 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2020 Content Per Day: 0.45 Reputation: 3795 Achievement Points: 26312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2023 Birthday: 08/29/1962 Posted December 9, 2014 How can I forget . . . .. .got a jolt once and . . . . . .well you never forget those things I wouldn't know much about working on the new stuff its so small i can barely see it. Awards
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