Star Tech Journal
Issue: 1996-May - Vol 18 Issue 3 - Page 9
STAR*TECH Journal
May 1996
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but sometimes it is a K. Do not confuse this with
the K that means 1000. When you see 473K on a
cap, it does not mean 473,000,000pf or 473Kpf. It
means .047uf with a K rating. Some small caps have
color bands. Read these like resistors, but read the
value in picofarads.
& NUMBERS
On a related note, some schematics are drawn with
a letter in place of the decimal point. Then 47K
looks the same, but 4. 7K becomes 4K7. Under this
convention, R just means ohm. 4R7 would mean
4 point 7 ohms, 4.7ohm. This is done so no one
misses the little decimal point.
HAPP CONTROLS
ENERGIZE YOUR GAME ROOM!
OPTICAL GUN
► Steel reinforced
hydraulic rubber hose
►
LEITERS
a
9
Newer resistors offer another change. 10/o and 20/o
resistors are now quite common, and we see them
all over. These resistors have a four band code.
Thus we get yellow-purple-black-red for 4-7-0-00.
That is still 47K, but it could also be something
like brown-red-red-red or 1-2-2-00. That is 12.2K
which shows us that in 10/o resistors, the values are
not restricted to the standard values list.
•
Will replace industry
standard guns
A
► Gun holster
also available
► Simply drops into exist-
ing mounting pattern
►
Fully harnessed for both
Japanese and American
shifters
►
Turns both old and new
driving games into top
earning games
NANO NANO
I don't even want to think about nanofarads. Pico-
farads? We oldtimers still call them uuf (micro-
microfarads) from time to time. The "u" in uuf is
actually the Greek letter mu. Mu is the abbrevia-
tion for micro. In many places, the term was writ-
ten mmf, and uf was mf. In these days of huge
caps, mf means millifarad, so I guess I can stick to
uf or ufd.
Due to the mm abbreviation, the
more clever ones among us
would sometimes use the term
Mickey Mouse.
tit
Yes, we would actually walk into the parts store
and ask for a 100 Mickey Mouse cap. That was
lO0pf. Having asked for a 100 Mickey mouse cap
we might then ask for a .047 mouse cap. We would
then chuckle and smile. I ain't making it up. Those
good old days are gone forever. Wanna hear about
how cold it used to be?
► Cabinets can be
attached to create dual
driver cabinet
►
Dimensions: 80" H x
30"W x 60"0
► Weight: 475 lbs.
Call or Fax for
our Catalog
May 1996
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CD
continued from previous page ...
but sometimes it is a K. Do not confuse this with
the K that means 1000. When you see 473K on a
cap, it does not mean 473,000,000pf or 473Kpf. It
means .047uf with a K rating. Some small caps have
color bands. Read these like resistors, but read the
value in picofarads.
& NUMBERS
On a related note, some schematics are drawn with
a letter in place of the decimal point. Then 47K
looks the same, but 4. 7K becomes 4K7. Under this
convention, R just means ohm. 4R7 would mean
4 point 7 ohms, 4.7ohm. This is done so no one
misses the little decimal point.
HAPP CONTROLS
ENERGIZE YOUR GAME ROOM!
OPTICAL GUN
► Steel reinforced
hydraulic rubber hose
►
LEITERS
a
9
Newer resistors offer another change. 10/o and 20/o
resistors are now quite common, and we see them
all over. These resistors have a four band code.
Thus we get yellow-purple-black-red for 4-7-0-00.
That is still 47K, but it could also be something
like brown-red-red-red or 1-2-2-00. That is 12.2K
which shows us that in 10/o resistors, the values are
not restricted to the standard values list.
•
Will replace industry
standard guns
A
► Gun holster
also available
► Simply drops into exist-
ing mounting pattern
►
Fully harnessed for both
Japanese and American
shifters
►
Turns both old and new
driving games into top
earning games
NANO NANO
I don't even want to think about nanofarads. Pico-
farads? We oldtimers still call them uuf (micro-
microfarads) from time to time. The "u" in uuf is
actually the Greek letter mu. Mu is the abbrevia-
tion for micro. In many places, the term was writ-
ten mmf, and uf was mf. In these days of huge
caps, mf means millifarad, so I guess I can stick to
uf or ufd.
Due to the mm abbreviation, the
more clever ones among us
would sometimes use the term
Mickey Mouse.
tit
Yes, we would actually walk into the parts store
and ask for a 100 Mickey Mouse cap. That was
lO0pf. Having asked for a 100 Mickey mouse cap
we might then ask for a .047 mouse cap. We would
then chuckle and smile. I ain't making it up. Those
good old days are gone forever. Wanna hear about
how cold it used to be?
► Cabinets can be
attached to create dual
driver cabinet
►
Dimensions: 80" H x
30"W x 60"0
► Weight: 475 lbs.
Call or Fax for
our Catalog
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