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March 1971 Popular Electronics
 Table of Contents
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
Popular Electronics,
published October 1954 - April 1985. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.
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For a few years, Popular
Electronics magazine ran an electronics-themed single-panel comic feature called
"Parts Talk." Jack Schmidt was the artist for the series, and is evident by the
"Thanks Joe Cox" on the page 49 comic (and others throughout the years), he must
have used ideas for topics submitted by Popular Electronics readers. From
today's perspective of grain-of-salt size surface mount components, the claim of
"It's a small world," by that vertical-mount capacitor doing the talking (could
be a transistor, but probably not based on how the other 3-legged transistors are
drawn) is very dated. Compared to its previous generation of vacuum tubes and discrete
components that needed to handle higher voltages and power dissipation, these through-hole
printed circuit board (PCB) components are a small world. Another half a century
from now, the need for discrete, off-chip components might be all but eliminated.
Comics with an Electronics Theme
page 33
page 49
Posted April 1, 2019
These Technically-Themed Comics Appeared in Vintage Electronics Magazines. I
personally scanned and posted every one from copies I own (and even colorized some).
256 pages as of 4/18/2025.
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