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First of all, good work on the reverse engineering! A more general question - What's the hardest part about reverse engineering technology from the 1960's and

• kens 4y ago
  I'd say that RF stuff is pretty much mysterious so I generally avoid it. For instance, part of the Apollo stuff had a frequency multiplier. We opened it up and it was essentially an empty box with adjustable pegs inside. I don't want to deal with that sort of magic nonsense :-) Another hard part is things that are encased in epoxy or welded shut. In this case I used X-rays but its generally a problem. Overall, the main secret of reverse engineering old stuff is to spend way more time on it than an sensible person would.
  • naikrovek 4y ago
    > Overall, the main secret of reverse engineering old stuff is to spend way more time on it than [any] sensible person would. quote of the week. so many things have been laid bare to me by just putting in the time. even just staring at the thing(s) will often help me realize something important, somehow.