• "Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> Oct 04 2005
• Heinz Saathoff <hsaat despammed.com> Nov 11 2005
• "Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> Nov 14 2005
• MatthiasM <dm matthiasm.com> Jul 27 2006
• Walter Bright <newshound digitalmars.com> Aug 02 2006
• MatthiasM <dm matthiasm.com> Aug 02 2006
• Walter Bright <newshound digitalmars.com> Aug 12 2006
• "Rajiv Bhagwat" <dataflow vsnl.com> Oct 05 2006
• Walter Bright <newshound digitalmars.com> Oct 05 2006

"Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

I had the KOSMOS Electronik-Labor X as a kid, and enjoyed it immensely.

With the kind permission of KOSMOS, the classic
manual for it from 1969 is now online at
www.generalatomic.com/teil1/index.html.

I hope everyone interested in electronics will enjoy it as much as I did.

Heinz Saathoff <hsaat despammed.com> writes:

Walter Bright schrieb...
 I had the KOSMOS Electronik-Labor X as a kid, and enjoyed it immensely.
 
 With the kind permission of KOSMOS, the classic
 manual for it from 1969 is now online at
 www.generalatomic.com/teil1/index.html.
 
 I hope everyone interested in electronics will enjoy it as much as I did.


It's in German! I didn't know that you can read/speak German.


- Heinz

"Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

"Heinz Saathoff" <hsaat despammed.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1ddee3aa688079209896f5 news.digitalmars.com...
 It's in German! I didn't know that you can read/speak German.


I can usually muddle through, but I'm not fluent.

MatthiasM <dm matthiasm.com> writes:

Walter Bright wrote:
 "Heinz Saathoff" <hsaat despammed.com> wrote in message
 news:MPG.1ddee3aa688079209896f5 news.digitalmars.com...
 It's in German! I didn't know that you can read/speak German.


 I can usually muddle through, but I'm not fluent.


I can help you out of the mud if needed. I am a native German speaker. 
Lemme know.

Anyway, had several Kosmos kits myself, but where did it get me: 25 
years later, I am sitting in from of a PC, writing "D" code. Couldn't my 
parents just have given me a fishing rod ;-) ...

Matthias

Walter Bright <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

MatthiasM wrote:
 Walter Bright wrote:
 "Heinz Saathoff" <hsaat despammed.com> wrote in message
 news:MPG.1ddee3aa688079209896f5 news.digitalmars.com...
 It's in German! I didn't know that you can read/speak German.


 I can usually muddle through, but I'm not fluent.


 I can help you out of the mud if needed. I am a native German speaker. 
 Lemme know.
 
 Anyway, had several Kosmos kits myself, but where did it get me: 25 
 years later, I am sitting in from of a PC, writing "D" code. Couldn't my 
 parents just have given me a fishing rod ;-) ...


I had a lot of fun with the Kosmos kits. The skills learned come in 
handy. I was asking around about what I needed to do to swap a larger 
engine in my dodge, and one person ominously said I'd need to change the 
wiring harness. Most motorheads are completely out to lunch when it 
comes to the electrical system. Rewiring a car holds no demons for me, 
but I do get intimidated when the topic of welding comes up, or anything 
to do with forming sheet metal <g>.

MatthiasM <dm matthiasm.com> writes:

Walter Bright wrote:
 MatthiasM wrote:
 Anyway, had several Kosmos kits myself, but where did it get me: 25 
 years later, I am sitting in from of a PC, writing "D" code. Couldn't 
 my parents just have given me a fishing rod ;-) ...


 I had a lot of fun with the Kosmos kits. The skills learned come in 
 handy. I was asking around about what I needed to do to swap a larger 
 engine in my dodge, and one person ominously said I'd need to change the 
 wiring harness. Most motorheads are completely out to lunch when it 
 comes to the electrical system. Rewiring a car holds no demons for me, 
 but I do get intimidated when the topic of welding comes up, or anything 
 to do with forming sheet metal <g>.


Very true. The wiring harness is a holy grail to many mechanics. I even 
saw OSS simulation software for automotive wiring simulation... .

Funny that yous ay that about the welding. When I moved to L.A. (with no 
yearly car inspection like in Germany) I finally had a chance to modify 
my car. So I bought a simple welder and some sheets and tried everything 
out until it worked more or less:

http://matthiasm.com/xsBug.html

The Kosmos kits may not have pushed me into welding, but the certainly 
showed me that everything, be it as complex as it may, is assembled from 
tiny logical units that an individual can manage.

  Matthias

Walter Bright <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

MatthiasM wrote:
 Walter Bright wrote:
 Funny that yous ay that about the welding. When I moved to L.A. (with no 
 yearly car inspection like in Germany) I finally had a chance to modify 
 my car. So I bought a simple welder and some sheets and tried everything 
 out until it worked more or less:
 
 http://matthiasm.com/xsBug.html


That's pretty cool!


 The Kosmos kits may not have pushed me into welding, but the certainly 
 showed me that everything, be it as complex as it may, is assembled from 
 tiny logical units that an individual can manage.


I know. Sometimes I tell myself "if that bozo can do it, it surely can't 
be that hard" and that usually turns out to be right.

"Rajiv Bhagwat" <dataflow vsnl.com> writes:

"Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> wrote in message
news:ear9hq$2jcp$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 MatthiasM wrote:
 Walter Bright wrote:
 "Heinz Saathoff" <hsaat despammed.com> wrote in message
 news:MPG.1ddee3aa688079209896f5 news.digitalmars.com...
 It's in German! I didn't know that you can read/speak German.


 I can usually muddle through, but I'm not fluent.


 I can help you out of the mud if needed. I am a native German speaker.
 Lemme know.

 Anyway, had several Kosmos kits myself, but where did it get me: 25
 years later, I am sitting in from of a PC, writing "D" code. Couldn't my
 parents just have given me a fishing rod ;-) ...


 I had a lot of fun with the Kosmos kits. The skills learned come in
 handy. I was asking around about what I needed to do to swap a larger
 engine in my dodge, and one person ominously said I'd need to change the
 wiring harness. Most motorheads are completely out to lunch when it
 comes to the electrical system. Rewiring a car holds no demons for me,
 but I do get intimidated when the topic of welding comes up, or anything
 to do with forming sheet metal <g>.


Just to add my 2c worth comment: When I purchased my business premises
(around 1990), the closest business description to 'Software Development'
available with the Greater Bombay Municiple Corporation was "Working with
Sheet Metal without Power Tools" (so they informed). So, we got the permit
for that and it is still stuck on my "Shops and Establishments" License!

I don't know if a separate category is now available for S/w development....

Walter Bright <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

Rajiv Bhagwat wrote:
 Just to add my 2c worth comment: When I purchased my business premises
 (around 1990), the closest business description to 'Software Development'
 available with the Greater Bombay Municiple Corporation was "Working with
 Sheet Metal without Power Tools" (so they informed).


Sounds like a Speed channel TV show!

 So, we got the permit
 for that and it is still stuck on my "Shops and Establishments" License!
 I don't know if a separate category is now available for S/w development....


I had the same problem with the state tax forms back when I started.