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Article is pretty cool, and the book itself is amazing. The book is Codex Seraphianus, by Luigi Serafini, to save some of you a click. Apparently there is a n

Article is pretty cool, and the book itself is amazing. The book is Codex Seraphianus, by Luigi Serafini, to save some of you a click. Apparently there is a new 40th anniversary edition with a few new pictures out now, but I think if you have an older edition you are fine. I bought a used copy through AbeBooks (a book finding service) in the late 1990's after hungering after it for years. It cost $300 used back then, which seemed insane, but I've never regretted it. Some years later another edition came out for $150 or so, which is a downright bargain. I don't know if that one is still available. AbeBooks still sends me about 1 notice per week 20+ years later whenever another copy becomes available. I could of course click the link to get them to stop, but receiving them makes me smile even though I have a procmail rule directing them to a special folder that I only look at occasionally. In internet terms, it seems like an unreal amount of time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus

fsckboy 5y ago
just to be up-to-date, AbeBooks is owned by Amazon now, since 2008
zrobotics 5y ago
This is the first I have heard of this book, and the article images were enough of a teaser that I'm very interested in the new printing. But, your comment about not turning off notifications really resonates. I have had ebay notifications turned on for 2 items for 15 and 10 years. 1 is for a white whale motorcycle fender, but the other is for a Tektronics 465 flyback transformer. I get quite a few notifications about that, but I keep it going simply because it is a occasional reminder through the week of the project that got me seriously back into the electronics hobby. I now have better oscilloscopes, but the 465 remains on the bench. Part of it is it has the perfect cold War asthetic for proper mad-scientist vibes. But the main reason, and the reason I keep the 1 eBay notification going, is that that project is what got me back into electronics as a hobby and turned me away from the dark path I was heading down. Glad I'm not alone in keeping a shopping notification going for the occasional pick-me-up reminder email. You just selected something much cooler than me. ;)
- hvgk 5y ago
  Having replaced the HV transformer on a tek 465 I would suggest buying another one that already works and using your current one as a parts mule. It’s fairly difficult to get the thing out as you have to go as far as removing the entire CRT. Also probably costs less!
  - zrobotics 5y ago
    Oh, to be clear I had rebuilt it 8 years ago. At the time it was either rebuild the Tek that the university lab was throwing out, or no scope at all. I had to wait for a good deal on a scrap one, someone was selling a scope that had had the front panel entirely smashed. But yeah, it was not an easy afternoon project. I wouldn't recommend it, but I did have fun and it looks great on the bench.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
  The Tektronix 465 is a classic!
  - hvgk 5y ago
    Only because all the asshat ones went in a skip about three decades ago.
varjag 5y ago
Dewey Decimal 039 (Encyclopedias in other languages)

fsckboy 5y ago

just to be up-to-date, AbeBooks is owned by Amazon now, since 2008

zrobotics 5y ago

This is the first I have heard of this book, and the article images were enough of a teaser that I'm very interested in the new printing. But, your comment about not turning off notifications really resonates. I have had ebay notifications turned on for 2 items for 15 and 10 years. 1 is for a white whale motorcycle fender, but the other is for a Tektronics 465 flyback transformer. I get quite a few notifications about that, but I keep it going simply because it is a occasional reminder through the week of the project that got me seriously back into the electronics hobby. I now have better oscilloscopes, but the 465 remains on the bench. Part of it is it has the perfect cold War asthetic for proper mad-scientist vibes. But the main reason, and the reason I keep the 1 eBay notification going, is that that project is what got me back into electronics as a hobby and turned me away from the dark path I was heading down. Glad I'm not alone in keeping a shopping notification going for the occasional pick-me-up reminder email. You just selected something much cooler than me. ;)

hvgk 5y ago
Having replaced the HV transformer on a tek 465 I would suggest buying another one that already works and using your current one as a parts mule. It’s fairly difficult to get the thing out as you have to go as far as removing the entire CRT. Also probably costs less!
- zrobotics 5y ago
  Oh, to be clear I had rebuilt it 8 years ago. At the time it was either rebuild the Tek that the university lab was throwing out, or no scope at all. I had to wait for a good deal on a scrap one, someone was selling a scope that had had the front panel entirely smashed. But yeah, it was not an easy afternoon project. I wouldn't recommend it, but I did have fun and it looks great on the bench.
TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
The Tektronix 465 is a classic!
- hvgk 5y ago
  Only because all the asshat ones went in a skip about three decades ago.

varjag 5y ago

Dewey Decimal 039 (Encyclopedias in other languages)