Re: TI-H: Re: uF vs mFd


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Re: TI-H: Re: uF vs mFd




"Radio Shack:  We've got questions, you got answers"

>You know, what they really mean is you can call an 800 number if you really
>_want_ to talk to those people, I believe it is 1-800-THE-SHACK
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Brack <reb@netride.com>
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>Date: Saturday, April 18, 1998 4:04 PM
>Subject: Re: TI-H: Re: uF vs mFd
>
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>>
>>Well, I knew something was fishy when I asked the guy about an SCR, and he
>>had to get the general manager!!!  And even he didn't know what I was
>>talking about!!!!!
>>
>>
>>
>>>This is an excerpt from the first page in the Rat Shaq Catalog:
>>>
>>>"We have nearly 25000 experts who will help you make the most informed
>>>decisions. We are dedicated to giving you the best values in electronics,
>>the
>>>latest technology, and the best quality. And, we'll always have answers
to
>>>your electronics questions"
>>>
>>>Where are these experts??? I've never seen one!
>>>
>>>Dedicated to best values??? Where is this store!!!
>>>
>>>Answers! Huh!!! Since when! They grunt and scratch their head more than
>Tim
>>>Allen!!! Has anyone made it pased the entrance to the cave, err, imean
>door
>>to
>>>the back. is there bones and arrow heads and camp fires???
>>>
>>>> Is the uF the same measurement as the mfd? I was starting to get mixed
>up
>>with
>>>> all these picos and nanos, and all of a sudden I see what looks like a
>>>> milli-Farad (mfd). Are they both microfarads?
>>>> PS- I finally got that book at RadioShack "Getting Started at
>>Electronics". I
>>>> never knew RatShack people are that stupid. I went there last week and
>>asked
>>>> the guy there if they had the book. He went over to the only area that
>>has
>>>> books, and did a "thourough" search and found nothing. I called up
later
>>that
>>>> evening to tell them to order it for me, and the lady said they'll
order
>>it. I
>>>> went in there yesterday, and the same lady that was on the phone was
>>there.
>>>> She said that right after I called, she found 4 of those books hidden
>>behind
>>>> some other books! And there aren't that many books in there, so I don't
>>know
>>>> how he coulda missed it.
>>>--
>>>
>>>
>>>Richard Piotter
>>>richfile@prairie.lakes.com
>>>
>>>The Richfiles TI Hardware and BASIC web page:
>>>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5081/Richfiles.html
>>>
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