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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Modifying Electronics, LED clocks, Hobbies
Message-ID: <1988Dec13.173823.16842@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <2082@puff.cs.wisc.edu> <7188@watcgl.waterloo.edu> <17888@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 88 17:38:23 GMT

In article <17888@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle) writes:
>      Often, if you look real hard, and you get lots of databooks, and you
>call people at semiconductor companies, and you have an adequate knowledge
>of spoken technical Japanese, you can get inside consumer electronics and
>do things.  Rather than taking apart a Fisher-Price camcorder, for example,
>you can get the chips from Sanyo.  Rather than trying to use a TV set as
>a monitor, you can get a flat-screen small monitor from Sony left over
>from their Watchcam line.  It's not hopeless.  But it's not easy.

And, of course, you may discover that taking apart the consumer equipment
is cheaper than buying the parts in quantity one from a distributor, not
to mention a lot less hassle...
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