On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Bill Layer wrote: > Heh, > > On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 11:23:55 -0500 > "Austad, Jay" <austad at marketwatch.com> wrote: > > > Buy yourself some old stereo equipment off ebay. The round VU meters > like > > Harmon Kardon uses would be perfect, they have blue backlighting too. > Of > > course, used Harmon Kardon is probably going to be expensive, but you > could > > probably find some old Marantz gear for cheap. > > Heh, either is the domain of the tube streo collector guys, and being one > of them, I will be extremely huffy if anyone butchers any vintage gear for > a project like this. There is absolutely *no* need to do that, anyway. And > trust me on this - for what you would pay, you'd rather put it on the > shelf and look at it :)) If you must butcher, butcher some junk old power > supply equipment, they are often resplendent in their meterage. I agree wholeheartedly. I too am a lover of "boatanchor" equipment and I love the old Collins and Hammerlund shortwave type equipment. That stuff had "soul". I want my computer be like that. So, if I can join in somehow, let me know! I have wanted to do this for such a long time!! - Jamie > > > -.bill.layer.- > > -.those who are talking don't know, and those who know aren't talking.- > > -.frogtown.- -.minnesota.- -.u.s.a.- > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- "It's pretty hard to stop a man who eats his toast every morning."