Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hello Everyone,

Lots of members posting their first experiences with PCs- my first exposure was programming the Intel 4004, back in 1974. But since this site is BADCAPS let's talk about capacitors.

Did you know that until sometime in the middle of the last century, they were called condensers? I started fiddling with electronics back in the mid 60s, which meant mostly radios and tvs. The older radios had either paper or mica coupling condensers, while the electrolytics were often the "salt...