Hello, from Roxboro, N.Carolina.............
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 6:48 pm
I found this forum, searching for a piece of software. I didn't find the info that I'm looking for, so I will make that a separate post. However, I think that I'm going to like this place.
First off, my passion is rebuilding/repairing and/or restoring vintage tube amplifiers. My original electronics training began with vacuum tubes and component-level solid state. Never pursued tubes, as solid state was giving way to integrated circuits. And, I wanted to stay up with the technology. Anyway, tubes were dead. Or so I thought.
I made my return to tube electronics a few years ago, and it's been a very enjoyable return. Downright addictive. I've managed to acquire/rescue a large number of vintage amps, before ebay and such places drove the prices to a level that is out of reason. No Fenders, except one. They are way too expensive in any condition. The one I have came from a studio in Oregon. A 50's Fender Champion. The owner had long retired and was finally giving his 'keepers' a home. He liked what I had to say and sold it to me very reasonably.
Now, I'm making my return, so to speak, to Linux. As Red Hat resides here in the state, my first venture was with Fedora 11, when I purchased the book with disk. Never really spent time with it, though I always kept some form of machine with a version on it. With quite a bit of time off during these Holidays, and no real plans, I began a serious venture into Fedora 22. It has not been disappointing at all. More and more, I'm finding apps to replace those that I use on Windows (which I'll still maintain). I do quite a bit of CAD work, making schematics, using AutoCAD. I've also used DraftSight on other Windows machines, and like the fact that it emulates (downright copies) AutoCAD. So, DraftSight is now on this machine running under Fedora.
I am a hobbyist programmer, and only just good enough to write the utilities that I need to do higher level math that I can't do in my head. I had Fortran, back in school, but had no way to use it outside. Then, I obtained Borland Pascal, back in the 80's. Then, moved to Borland Delphi, as I could modify my source code to use there. Now, I'm stuck with the dilemma of what to use in place of Delphi.
I consider myself a novice in this operating system, but I cut my teeth on DOS, and had exposure to Unix. Thank goodness for the Internet, for learning commands. Not sure that I will ever be able to learn and remember all. But, I write stuff down. And hopefully, leave enough bread crumbs to find my way back to those notes. I'll make this one of my forums to put on my regular visit list, and hope that I'll have something to contribute. Maybe the answers to the questions that I ask will be the help that others may need. And, I might even have something original to give.
Anyway, I'm watching and will check in often. Have a good one.
Jack
First off, my passion is rebuilding/repairing and/or restoring vintage tube amplifiers. My original electronics training began with vacuum tubes and component-level solid state. Never pursued tubes, as solid state was giving way to integrated circuits. And, I wanted to stay up with the technology. Anyway, tubes were dead. Or so I thought.
I made my return to tube electronics a few years ago, and it's been a very enjoyable return. Downright addictive. I've managed to acquire/rescue a large number of vintage amps, before ebay and such places drove the prices to a level that is out of reason. No Fenders, except one. They are way too expensive in any condition. The one I have came from a studio in Oregon. A 50's Fender Champion. The owner had long retired and was finally giving his 'keepers' a home. He liked what I had to say and sold it to me very reasonably.
Now, I'm making my return, so to speak, to Linux. As Red Hat resides here in the state, my first venture was with Fedora 11, when I purchased the book with disk. Never really spent time with it, though I always kept some form of machine with a version on it. With quite a bit of time off during these Holidays, and no real plans, I began a serious venture into Fedora 22. It has not been disappointing at all. More and more, I'm finding apps to replace those that I use on Windows (which I'll still maintain). I do quite a bit of CAD work, making schematics, using AutoCAD. I've also used DraftSight on other Windows machines, and like the fact that it emulates (downright copies) AutoCAD. So, DraftSight is now on this machine running under Fedora.
I am a hobbyist programmer, and only just good enough to write the utilities that I need to do higher level math that I can't do in my head. I had Fortran, back in school, but had no way to use it outside. Then, I obtained Borland Pascal, back in the 80's. Then, moved to Borland Delphi, as I could modify my source code to use there. Now, I'm stuck with the dilemma of what to use in place of Delphi.
I consider myself a novice in this operating system, but I cut my teeth on DOS, and had exposure to Unix. Thank goodness for the Internet, for learning commands. Not sure that I will ever be able to learn and remember all. But, I write stuff down. And hopefully, leave enough bread crumbs to find my way back to those notes. I'll make this one of my forums to put on my regular visit list, and hope that I'll have something to contribute. Maybe the answers to the questions that I ask will be the help that others may need. And, I might even have something original to give.
Anyway, I'm watching and will check in often. Have a good one.
Jack