Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Date: 24 Aug 2025 21:28:49 GMT Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <1084pn5$dbj6$1@dont-email.me> <1086fo9$pj3r$4@dont-email.me> <009jnlxiik.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <108ac32$1n7i9$1@dont-email.me> <108c3p3$234t5$6@dont-email.me> <108en7c$2n9v5$7@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 6iKYpEcHOm7q5IqJ/3lrxQirHXSrc2GdEYRMkeWiA5ziCzcoFx Cancel-Lock: sha1:UcGfDaIJTpg/Hbq0tWfO9oSc67o= sha256:k0dyM7TvlHjffMydlAp6KsPh63m6tteLyQJ8YRSa0js= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:72195 On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:49:32 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 23/08/2025 23:27, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2025-08-23 12:05, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> Many chinese style designs said '9 transistor' and when you looked at >>> the circuit, 3 of them were duds, just soldered in the board but not >>> connected to anything... >> >> Were they actual transistors, or also themselves duds? Transistors were >> not that cheap initially. >> > Oh rejects. > The sort of thing Clive Sinclair used to badge as 'wonder components' I'm familiar with his wonder components. I bought a ZX80 kit when they first came out, curious to see what he did with a Z-80. I don't remember the specifics but some user troubleshooting and modification was needed to get it working. I suppose the membrane keyboard was no worse than any of them.