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Great article! I really love electro-mechanical designs from the birth of electronics up to the 1960s. Using a little hammer to strike two bells is such a simpl
by Eextra953 2y ago
Great article! I really love electro-mechanical designs from the birth of electronics up to the 1960s. Using a little hammer to strike two bells is such a simple, cool, and intuitive design. Today it would be replaced with a piezo buzzer or speaker which works, but isn't nearly as interesting.
You don't really see cool little designs like that anymore - it's all almost all digital now. Though I will say YIGs and RF designs are pretty cool in terms of combining mechanical with electrical elements. Maybe it's just nostalgia, but I miss when electronics weren't so standardized. Tube amps, flip displays, tube displays, etc.
- Kovalick 2y agoI agree with you that electro-mechanical is very cool. Check out Calling315.com for a complete coverage of vintage (relay based) telephone exchanges. The site has 70 articles on switching systems from 1877 until 1970. All for fun...
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