EEVblog #54 - Electronics - When I was a boy...

undeadtreat Says:

May 20, 2012 - i wish i had one of those...

Metallimeister Says:

May 19, 2012 - Not hard....

dylanpalmediy Says:

May 13, 2012 - I still draw my circuits on the copper board :P

SajjadBro Says:

May 13, 2012 - Seriously u understood all those schematic when u were 9 year old?

TheBlackKnob Says:

May 7, 2012 - not true. they just see life in a different light.

casanford33 Says:

May 6, 2012 - dAMN DAVE, I've got to give it to you. I've enjoyed your videos for the last several months here, all the great reviews advice and humor seems to have made me a regular viewer. But what struck me so about this video was that you put into words what I've always believed. I had the same 200:1 board! I took apart my toys never could get enough. Electronics never sunk in like the mechanics. I'm a professional machinist and can build anything. I just bought my first digital o scope last week cheers!

XTYNoLuck Says:

May 3, 2012 - Very well put...thank you....

DangerDestiny Says:

Apr 27, 2012 - Whan he sad: "When I was a boy" I cracked heheheheheheheheheheehehehe

michaelotoole2 Says:

Apr 21, 2012 - Looks like you quoted from my book of life ;)

marcjacobi Says:

Apr 20, 2012 - One of your best!

CmdrTobs Says:

Apr 19, 2012 - Yeah, the internet really changed everything. Knowledge was so hard to come by back then and parts were impossible. Anyone remember the "Anarchists cookbook" You'll know that if you hardware hack and are in your late 20's..... first thing I downloaded from AOL in 1997! After joe Guest Nude ofc.

cool25837005 Says:

Apr 14, 2012 - WELL SAID COMPUTER GAMES ARE POISON FOR YOUNG CHILDREN MY FRIENDS USE TO GO OUT AND PLAY WITH ME AND GO FISHING ETC NOW THEY PLAY STUPID GAMES

Solituarity Says:

Apr 9, 2012 - This exact model was my childhood!

liquidrtype Says:

Apr 9, 2012 - This past weekend I made a quick dash into my local thrift store/AMVETS. Disappointed I found nothing. I began walking out the door and what do I see on the shelf behind the cashiers. A faded worn-out box that reads 300-1 RadioShack Electronic lab; YES! Old but complete $7 out the door. It was kinda funny because I saw this video recently. I was so happy; my friends were like whatever! I'm like you don't understand how cool this.....never mind! Money well spent and I'm having fun. Thanks Dave =)

pithandmoment Says:

Apr 6, 2012 - I grew up in the same era. 150-in-One kit. Pulled apart every electrical/electronic product in the house. Patrolled the streets on the lookout for junked TVs, radios, etc. for parts. A school buddy and I did way too many experiments with car batteries and HV...amazing I wasn't maimed or killed with all the stupid stuff we did. We were charmed, I guess. You have to watch kids who get into this...a little learning can be a dangerous thing!

WillowFox Says:

Apr 3, 2012 - Dude, you'd crap your pants at EveryCircuit for androids and ipads lol, Should totally play with those some time!

syonastarlight Says:

Apr 3, 2012 - Creepy, you just described my own childhood almost exactly, instead of a multimeter I bought my first soldering iron with my allowance, as well as starting a junkbox full of crap I've taken apart.

Miketar2424 Says:

Apr 1, 2012 - You make me wish I got more serious about electronics at that age. I didn't start until 20 when I went to trade school at night.

WarSpigotProductions Says:

Apr 1, 2012 - Every time I get some electronics from eBay in the mail, my mom is like "Oh, you got more **** from China," and "You're not making a bomb are you?"

aciddrench Says:

Mar 31, 2012 - The 100 in one project board I mean lol! Back in the 80's.....

aciddrench Says:

Mar 31, 2012 - Ha I had one exactly like that! Truly amazing! I think my one was from a store called Tandy in the UK! Wicked!

white9257 Says:

Mar 29, 2012 - Thanks for that video - My greatest birthday present was a Radio Shack x-in-one electronics experimentation kit too, but what I liked about your video is how you addressed BEING ALONE in such an interest - that was my biggest hurdle to overcome (a good ten years' worth!) until now when I just thought "To heck with it, I'm gonna do electronics"... So yeah, I'm still at the breadboard stage, but as you say, today's better for it than back then :)

SuperCocoa10 Says:

Mar 29, 2012 - It still is hard to get parts in aus

whiskeyify Says:

Mar 20, 2012 - I got started back in the 1960's. Tube tv's were much easier to work on, you often could change a tube and fix them. I remember helping my dad we would pull the tubes out and take them to the corner drug and test them. then we would buy a couple new tubes and like magic our old RCA tv would come back to life.

nicwilson89 Says:

Mar 18, 2012 - Haha, I was terrible for taking things apart as a child, someone bought me a little electronics kit for kids but it wasn't as interesting as taking things apart so didn't really help :p