In message , Grunff
writes
Andrew Gabriel wrote:

Another option is to buy one or two of the electronics magazines
like Practical Electronics or Elektor (or ETI if it still exists),

Ah, many happy days in my teens were spent building projects from
Everyday Electronics, Practical Electronics, ETI and Elektor.

My loft still creaks with the weight of them


We were discussing this just the other day, that electronics as a hobby
seems to have almost completely died out.



You only have to look at Watford Electronics, it used to be a little
shop in Cardiff Road in Watford, now it's all computers and accessories,
and no longer a little shop (nor is it Watford Electronics)

I hate to say it, but the days of experimenting and innovation seem to
be well gone.

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geoff