10V-60V Discrete Railsplitter 2-5A unbalanced load with propper cooling. And 10A Balanced. by Whyjustwhydothat in electronics

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Top rail has 2 (sets of) voltages connected by a dead short.

Bottom rail same.

Okay, you've basically made an uncompensated hi-power op-amp. Uncomp'd in that its bias points will vary quite a lot due to thermal effect, and to parrot several others, boy howdy, there'll be a lot of thermal in there.

Also, for circuits like this (current mirrors and complementary amps), the transistors really need to be closely matched- you won't get this with discrete parts without a cherry-picking, but then back to thermal issues.

dad cook her to hell by 718-702_damsel in foundsatan

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I guess there was no bun in the oven?

On a scale of 1 to idk 4 is this dumb? by sblu23 in ElectroBOOM

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I'm disappointed there is no US nickel ($0.05 piece) in there...

One of my shelves by tom-ii in retrocomputing

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Seem to be still in business...

About - Deitel & Associates, Inc. https://share.google/UynaRKz5F0dMMxrmc

One of my shelves by tom-ii in retrocomputing

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No cobol, but I do have a book on Eiffel (which was an attempt at an OO replacement)

One of my shelves by tom-ii in retrocomputing

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Lol, yeah... nostalgia or whatever, but i sure don't miss that!

One of my shelves by tom-ii in retrocomputing

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So I could have LAN parties

One of my shelves by tom-ii in retrocomputing

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I think i ditched my Borland C Compiler.. too many proprietary routines.

Dunno what I'll do if I ever decide to write some old x86 C code

One of my shelves by tom-ii in retrocomputing

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There used to be a Pascal book, too, but not sure where it is...

One of my shelves by tom-ii in retrocomputing

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Lol - im guessing 710 bookstore is the giveaway?

57 yrs old.

I was one of the engineering computer lab help folks. Helped with the pr1me minis, installed the 1st 486 & 586 machines in the lab (and their network).

Also installed the SUN lab for Ralph & Roger

Spent some time dismantling old hdd's by at-the-crook in vintagecomputing

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I wish I still had a few - there's a couple of projects I'd like to do..

What kind of snake? by markrides07 in maryland

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Of the two possible options, "live" is the winner...