Re: Microsoft warns of blue screen crashes caused by April updates

On 22/04/2025 5:32 am, rbowman wrote:

On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:40:14 +1000, Daniel70 wrote:
 

"resistor color coding"!! Now there's a flash from the past .....

 Maybe it's a flash from your past...  Working with microcontrollers there
is a need for external circuitry requiring resistors for pullups, biasing,
and current limiting LEDs.

When I joined the Australian Army (1973), I did a three year trade apprenticeship. IF, at the end of the trade apprenticeship, *IF* you had pasted all your module exams, you got a two week introduction to these new-fangled things called "chips" or "ICs" .... which got you about as far as AND/OR/NAND/NOR gates ..... but there were several of them with-in the one component!!

My eyes aren't getting any better with age but iirc it was a lot easier to
read the colors on 1/4 watt resistors than the 1/8 watt metal film types
where the body is light beige or blue.
 

Correct! Correct! Given my failing eyesight (too), give me rings of colour ANY day of the week ... any light condition (well, at least with some light!! ;-P ).
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Daniel70