eBay will be hard to replace because a marketplace site, and doubly so an auction marketplace, is a type of site where the network effect is very strong. In simple terms, it means that a site is

Dave, I know. I have been a seller on ebid for almost 2 decades. I have never sold anything and I have never bought anything. It has always been ebay or for my books amazon. I don't like either

I appreciate the tip (it was new to me); I keep hoping for a reasonable alternate to ebay, but it would need critical mass before I would browse there regularly or list things myself. -Dave

Dave and et al, Just a thought! GOD Bless and Thanks, rich!

I just looked at that- not a whole lot there I'd want to buy.  Seems like everything I looked up was mostly old advertisements.  -Dave 

Hi satbeginner The FET I used is not plastic one and I used heat conductive paste. Looking at the space available I think I can add a heat sink but I have to check if I can later on put back the power

Actually they're running behind. As they notify sellers, the seller will have 30 days (as I recall, might be longer) to get qualified for it. They said there's a good chance they won't have everyone

Vocabulary thingie...... A pulse, likely sequential, is (at least at on time) called a strobe. Take a display with a common anode for all the segments.  It needs to be connected to VCC (power) to

eBay "Revised" it's original statement to include; No member will be allowed to Opt Out of the new payment scheme after enrolling. Quote "Action Required: Your account will be enabled for managed

Page 3-6 of the 1982 Semiconductor common design parts catalog lists the Tek made (155) ICs. Dave Casey wrote:

Hi pitti_pu, I am puzzled by this part number. The 7L5 service manual confirms it is correct but there are no 155-0035 ICs. In fact there are no ICs starting with 155 in any of the Tek Semiconductor

I believe the following excerpts from a Feb. 1, 2018 eBay announcement should be viewed with skepticism until the details become clear. I thought that it was important to repeat these parts of the

Shoulder of Pork And ham.

Hi David, I think the answer is clear from what happened after I banned him, or more correctly as you pointed out after I banned the email-ID associated with the spam. Nothing happened! On the

Strobes???

Once you get the extender, check the strobes on each of the digits.  Then check the source of those strobes.  Then check the chip that's driving those (likely) transistors.  A typical way is to

I’m trying to adjust my FG 502 to factory specs as per the manual. So far there are a couple of things that have popped up as being of concern to me: 1- R170 (Sym) has absolutely no visible effect

To satbeginner and Saroj Pradhan, I apologize for requesting you take your discussion off line. I did not realize it was something other members were finding useful. Please continue as if I had not

I got to working on bit on this unit today again. I rechecked all the voltages, and they’re all good. For good measure, I replaced all the tantalums on the lower board. 2 with electrolytics, the

Hi Chuck, The first thing I can say is I always appreciate you input. I did receive a complaint about it so I took a closer look. What I saw was an awful lot of messages with only two individuals