#electronicshistory — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #electronicshistory, aggregated by home.social.
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Oh, the glory days of Heathkit! 🧐 When building a 5-inch oscilloscope was the pinnacle of human achievement, and everyone fancied themselves an electronics wizard. Let's reminisce about when soldering irons and disappointment were the best career motivators. 🔌✨
https://www.nostalgickitscentral.com/ #Heathkit #Nostalgia #SolderingWizard #ElectronicsHistory #RetroTech #HackerNews #ngated -
🛒📉 Ah, Fry's Electronics, the graveyard of tech dreams, where once upon a time you could snag a motherboard and a 5-cent hot dog in the same aisle. Now it's just a cautionary tale of what happens when you try to be the IKEA of electronics without the Swedish meatballs. RIP Fry's, we barely knew ye (or needed you). ⚰️💻
https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-happened-to-frys-electronics/ #FrysElectronics #TechDreams #RetailFail #Nostalgia #RIPFrys #ElectronicsHistory #HackerNews #ngated