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At one time way back when, the term "hacker" was overwhelmingly positive.
Hardware Hacker was a monthly set of Don's columns that started out in Modern Electronics from January 1985 to August 1987 and were moved over the Radio Electronics from January 1988 to April 1985. Coverage included electronic and computer fundamentals presented in Don's unique and lucid technical style.
The term "hacking" once meant "pushing the limits of technical excellence". Preferably by using elegant simplicity to leave all of the supposed experts shaking their heads in stunned disbelief.
These were among the very first to "allow" an author to generate nearly all of their own press-ready and camera-ready illustrations by using the newly stupendous PostScript language.
Sadly, all those media epsilon minuses suffering from severe rectocranial inversion ( clearly both chronic and acute ) and several law enforcement
officials stupidly trashed and subverted a once proud name.
Because I got tired of calls from felon wannabes and all those men in black camped on my doorstop, I changed the column name in 1995 to TECH MUSINGS.
With the later shift to online presentations, Tech Musings got morphed into our GuruGram series and into ongoing individual subject focused tech publications.
Radio Electronics
HH Column Series
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| #87 - AC motor drives, basic stamps, magsines |
| #86 - Wavelets, DNA, engineering economics |
| #85 - Data displays, brain implants, sinewave |
| #84 - Auto computers, servicing intermittents |
| #83 - Halogen cycle, vector to step, PostScript. |
| #82 - Remote controls, virtual ways, FCC regs |
| #81 - Helical resonators, laser service, reprints |
| #80 - Binary chain codes, SETI, batt charging |
| #79 - Cold fusion, video driver, transmission |
| #78 - Recycling toner carts, research tools |
| #77 - Thermodynamics, solitons, Santa Claus |
| #76 - Air turbines, FM dx, invention scams |
| #75 - RBDS, human power, bus switches |
| #74 - Cogeneration resources, SCSI comm |
| #73 - Jukeboxes, aerogels, sonoluminescence |
| #72 - Voice messaging, special effects, Acro |
| #71 - CTCSS squelching, coin mechanisms |
| #70 - Digital photos, fluxgates, mag fields |
| #69 - Data compression, comm transparency |
| #68 - Pulse monitors, thermoelectric modules |
| #67 - FM traps, GPS, nonlinear graphics |
| #66 - Photopolymers, flying cars, pc drills |
| #65 - Telemetry, maxmin, SETI, power xfer |
| #64 - Thermodynamic basics, reversibility |
| #63 - Video game repair, piezoelectrics, Curie |
| #62 - Cubic splines, electrorhelogical fluids |
| #61 - Nichrome, FCC part 68, scrambling |
| #60 - Video toaster, EDM machines, broadcast |
| #59 - Semilog plots, resonance, IC resources |
| #58 - Yagi antennas, navicubes, rate gyros |
| #57 - Distant FM reception, UFO's, boosters |
| #56 - Alternate latches, histograms, IC firms |
| #55 - Electronic halftones, idea marketing |
| #54 - Correlation fundamentals, Santa Claus |
| #53 - Dye based solar, RGB monitors, avionics |
| #52 - FM stereo broadcasters, Ockham's Razor |
| #51 - Laser printer repairs, sync separation |
| #50 - Wavelets, pianos & organs, music notes |
| #49 - Caller id, wavelets, lumeloid, lab tests |
| #48 - Shielding, VGS, GPS, flyback sweeps |
| #47 - Fractals, FM stereo, home energy |
| #46 - SMPTE time codes, solar energy, cases. |
| #45 - Fuzzy data, Tesla Coils, FCC, E-fields |
| #44 - Inductive loads, Bakerizing, alternators |
| #43 - EPRI, focused X-rays, Buckyballs |
| #42 - Power electronics, video crosshatch |
| #41 -Electronic tuning, parametric amplifiers |
| #40 - VHF & microwave resources, toner carts |
| #39 - IR people detectors, liquid crystals |
| #38 - Visible lasers, motor resources, wavelets |
| #37 - Decibels, level meters, patent avoidance |
| #36 - DCT, sinewave gens, video compression |
| #35 - Vortex coolers, polyphase gens, mag refr |
| #34 - SAW devices, active filters, DSP, temp |
| #33 - Magnetocaloric effect, log voltmeter |
| #32 - Huffman Codes, video drivers, run length |
| #31 - Tune chips, blender controls, power bas |
| #30 - Electronic levels, memory, cases, lasers |
| #29 - Hall effect, shape memory, low noise |
| #28 - Vapor detectors, low melt alloys, uv film |
| #27 - LDVT position, treasure finders, sync |
| #26 - Dew sensing, cold fusion, alarm ckts. |
| #25 - Fractal Ferns, Thermoelectrics, chaos |
| #24 - Double sided pc boards, optical reprints |
| #23 - Linear stepper motors, model making |
| #22 - Filter capacitors, visible lasers, wireless |
| #21 - Cheap digital compass, humidity meas |
| #20 - Electrolytic chemistry, light show BBS |
| #19 - Bar code resources, oscilloscope, CMOS |
| #18 - Digital audio, Delta-Sigma A/D, sens |
| #17 - SAW devices, call progress, state var filt |
| #16 - Refilling SX carts teleportation, upower |
| #15 - Zero crossing detection, phase dimming |
| #14 - Pseudorandom sequences, white noise |
| #13 - Surface mount parts, IR filters, sines |
| #12 - Digital compass circuits, prototypes |
| #11 - Navicube, Kroy Kolor, RGB TV, trade |
| #10 - Lan of the 80's, pressure transducer |
| #09 - Synchronous inverters, Apple books, bit |
| #08 - Remote controls, IR receivers, A/D conv |
| #07 - Phone recording, nav, printed circuits |
| #06 - Perspective, RS232, parts sources |
| #05 - Ring detectors, toner carts, PostScript |
| #04 - Bar Codes, transducers, pneumatics |
| #03 - Posistors, video ics, IIGS monitors |
| #02 - UV resins, electronic music, supercond |
| #01 - Auto Electronics, tech lit, Santa Claus |
Our Hardware Hacker anthologies have been substituted for files yet to be colorized or updated. Scroll down as needed. See below for the whole original series.
These are often a pair of files. The .pdf file is the page output, while the .psl ( or PostScript-Lancaster") text file is the PostScript source code. To run the sourcecode, just send it to Distiller via the command line top secret command of //acrodist /F.
class="text">Much more on PostScript here, here, here, and here.
Tech Musings
Column Series
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| #153 -- Electrolysis, patents, surplus, tables |
| #152 -- Power, energy, shuffling, banners |
| #151 -- Chebycheff, magnetometry, humidity |
| #150 -- RFID, VMSK, Hydrogen, waxes |
| #149 -- Touch screens, fuel cells, transformers |
| #148 -- Taylor series, algae hydrogen, batteries |
| #147 -- Accelerometers, navigation, selsyns |
| #146 -- Electrochemistry, capacitor switching |
| #145 -- Digimatic code, magnetorhelogy |
| #144 -- Thermocouples, gambler's ruin, |
| #143 -- Direct Toner PC Boards, doorbell chip |
| #142 -- Gauss-Jordan, induction heating |
| #141 -- Sub pixel res, rf switches, ultrasonics |
| #140 -- PC drill, USGS maps, water soluble |
| #139 -- Hot tubs, radio astronomy, plastics |
| #138 -- Web logs, miracle antennas, impulse |
| #137 -- EIS spectroscopy, radiation detectors |
| #136 -- Boat anchors, twinkle lights, tachs |
| #135 -- Brain parity, impulse radio, Feynman |
| #134 -- SETI, video overlay, aerial photos |
| #133 -- Dimmers, mil surplus, mag recording |
| #132 -- Remote control, log graphs, Tesla. |
| #131 -- Position detectors, rangefinding, RFID |
| #130 -- Rail guns, Modutrols, Faraday, DNA |
| #129 -- DMX lighting, network comm |
| #128 -- Tesla turbine, impulse radio, class |
| #127 -- Capacitor bounceback, DAA, PIC |
| #126 -- Nitrogen cars, magnetic refrigeration |
| #125 -- Crest factors, SAW filters, temp sens |
| #124 -- Pseudoscience, wind energy, LED's |
| #123 -- AC power, A/D converters, DNA |
| #122 -- Satellite imagery, phase shift, Hilbert |
| #121 -- PFM wireless, homopolar, power meas |
| #120 -- PIC Calibar, brown's gas, meta studies |
| #119 -- Data acquisition, reactance limiting |
| #118 -- Laser testing, hydrogen, radio astro |
| #117 -- PostScript robotics, melody IC's |
| #116 -- Log files, error codes, low level measur |
| #115 -- PIC chips, hydrogen car, genlocking |
| #114 -- Energy density, temp sensors, strawbale |
| #113 -- Pager vibrators, rms voltages, printers |
| #112 -- AC power measurements, aerogels |
| #111 -- CIE diagrams, energy claims, video |
| #110 -- NTSC, aerial photos, faders, char gens |
| #109 -- Table lookup, idea mortality, audio |
| #108 -- Baby PIC's, color organs, phase contr |
| #107 -- Linear digital filters, techno myths |
| #106 -- Determinants, induction heat, binding |
| #105 -- Navigation resources, digital filters |
| #104 -- Compass sensor, UFO's, vacuum form |
| #103 -- Fluxgates, magnetometry, vectors |
| #102 -- Bionomials, colorizer, printer repair |
| #101 -- Delta-Wye, audio, Acrobat, Tesla |
| #100 -- Power factor, mag levitation, web |
| #99 -- Hot chassis hazards, switchmode, fuse |
| #98 -- PIC programming, music chips, tv sites |
| #97 -- Transformers, agc, robotics, digital pots |
| #96 -- Solar energy, bilateral switching, phone |
| #95 -- Lighting efficiency, product develop |
| #94 -- MIDI electronic music, Basic Stamp |
| #93 -- Magic sinewaves, PCMCIA docs |
| #92 -- GPS navigation, terahertz waves, pitot |
| #91 -- All channels FM, switched capacitors |
| #90 -- Fourier series, platethru, video toaster |
| #89 -- Basic Stamp, Fibonacci, Cubic splines |
| #88 --Acoustic canceling,PIC micros, adapters |
A separate Tech Musings library page can also be found here.
These were collected older group publications from back where we were still exploring Book on Demand distribution. A few of the earliest columns might remain only in their original black and white form.
Not all files are available in archive format. Those existing are intended primarily as historic documents. Please see the individual libraries for more up to date or current contents.
Please always check the earlier boxes above for any individual column colorizations and other updates and improvements. Additional material can sometimes be found at American Radio History.
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