Reading Max Maxfield's article on the way thing were in Chip Design magazine made me want to share my story...

America (Circa 1960s): During the 1960's and early 1970s, most televisions had only 12 channels (VHF channels 2-13)...

Sheffield, England (Circa 1965): Not so long ago, you had to constantly fiddle with your television to keep a reasonable picture on the screen...

London, England (Circa 1950's): As a youngster in the UK in the 1950's, I repaired neighbours' AM radios.  Now in Canada for many years, one of my retirement hobbies is restoring vintage tube radios, hence this piece...

Manchester, England (Circa 1984): An engineer once told me a story about a computer design flaw which could result in 2 + 2 NOT equaling 4...

Manchester, England (Circa 1984): During my career as an electronics design engineer, I've run across some "interesting" naming conventions...