Electronics Sure Have Changed

Zanotti

Old style electronics:












And the more modern stuff:









I kind of miss the old color codes. At one time, we had all these things memorized. Now its just silver and green!


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Cuong

The old stuff is very colorful compared to the newer IC boards.

Cuong

Lord Vetinari

Like the shots and the comparison- seems the only recognisable survivors are the capacitors - obviously have trouble miniaturising them.
Brian V.

Candid Arts

Diodes have always been black and silver, but resistors still have color bands than denote their resistance. Some capacitors still have color too. These days many things are greatly smaller than they used to be for sure, but there is still color.

Excellent investigation though. Great photos.

Speaking of old electronics though...where are all the glass tubes? :-D