March 19, 2016 at 21:12Home archeology or forgotten artifacts
Recently, analyzing mezzanines (although this process, both in action and in emotional intensity, is more similar to what Dr. Jones felt when touching the marble chest of the statue in the presence of a beautiful woman), I found something among various artifacts.
Those who did not immediately guess what it is, welcome to cut (the pictures are large. Traffic, if anyone cares).
What is it? It looks like an ordinary handheld magnifier or, scientifically speaking, a magnifying glass. In my childhood, using such a tool, a bright sun and a grasshopper caught a cockroach, very interesting experiments were carried out. But this is only in appearance. The presence of two red and green LEDs is alarming, and the presence of a tape head from the bottom can completely baffle a modern researcher.
As an educational program: a tape head is part of the tape drive mechanism of a tape recorder for playing audio recordings. Moreover, judging by the size of the head, this is not from a simple tape recorder, which is on compact cassettes and which in my early childhood has already quite traditionally come into life, but from a reel tape recorder. There were monsters where, in order to listen to music, it was necessary to carry out some manipulations on filling the tape among the roller-rollers, and aesthetes noted passages that were liked by pieces of paper inserted into the film on a reel. In general, there is a whole topic here, according to the traditions of the natives of the generation of the yellow submarine. Well, you understand what I mean.
After an external examination of the artifact, some suspicions appeared about what it was. Surely. Somewhere in the 91st year, new words and terms densely entered our life. Three magic words “bucks”, “Bundes”, “Chukhonka” settled among them for a rather long period. In other words, it was a currency. Currency in those days caused a directly paralyzing effect. Like, there is ordinary money - rubles. And there are these. With what it is connected, it is difficult to say now when the currency has become only one of the ordinary attributes of our life. You don’t react to the microwave in the kitchen, even if you don’t use it. There are and are. But then ... However, then the microwave evoked feelings a little easier. Those who had it. Personally, I was able to get hold of such a thing only in 2000. Before it was somehow expensive. And the currency ... Probably, it was connected with the criminal image of the currency in the USSR. After all, a firing article for illegal operations. Therefore, to hold the banknote of the probable enemy in their hands resembled "from the war I did not hold military weapons in my hands." Although, as in the movie, this weapon was not military, but psychological. But striking right on target.
Of course, with the advent of currency, its counterfeits also appeared. Although, to be honest, I personally saw fake only 100 dollars. At the same time, they could only deceive such a naive guy like me. I saw this bill in a year that way 1995. The bill was made on a color copier, and the relief is filled with squeezing. But it was done for the hands and look of the layman masterfully. Outwardly, everything is ok, and if you grab the edge of the bill with your fingers from above and drag it through them, the necessary tuberosity was felt. But when they told me that these tuberosities were not quite real, there was no limit to my insight. And there was nothing to be surprised at. I have never seen before or after fakes. But there was a lot of currency in those days. I received a salary in it, I bought computers, cars, etc. for it Those. She was. But I personally almost never encountered fakes.
Apparently, I was just lucky. And this device is a response to a consumer request of that time. This is nothing more than a currency detector. It’s completely homemade. Let's open it soon to see what's inside:
Oh, this is a miracle of engineering at that time. And even with protection against unauthorized copying. Which one? But take a closer look. This technique was used very widely in homemade products of that time.
Also look how pretty everything is put together. Everything is more or less neatly assembled, presumably filled with hot glue, but, it seems to me it's some kind of tar.
And these are the details. Look, these are transparent diodes. What are they cute. And resistors with a nominal value applied to them? Not now fashionable color rings, namely the nominal and wattage. When soldering the face value to the board ... Yes, so no one soldered. It's worse than overstepping the barbell in the gym.
The lack of elemental base more than paid off with a creative flight of thought. No box for batteries? And that set of “pills” is nothing more than D-0.06 batteries. Nothing wrong. The unknown architect of this miracle proposed the option of his own box with a tightening screw for better contact. What shawl? She is not even washed completely. Such professional negligence. The button holder is also beyond praise.
In general, everything is perfect in this product. How to make a device out of branches, plasticine and blue electrical tape (where already without it?) That can save a currency trader from surprises. Well, or to convince the "sucker" that the mustache is normal, soaring. Take the bucks and run. Yes, do not forget to put a candle, that everything is normal this time ... However, something I got carried away.
It was not possible to launch this miracle. More precisely, it was possible, but there is nothing to check on. I do not hold cash currency. Somehow there’s nothing to me today. Therefore, it was possible to verify that the thing is alive. He applied 5 volts to it and pressed the button (in the photo you can see only the bottom of the button, and the button itself is on the belly of the device). The green LED lights up. He took a bill of 500 rubles and tapped it with a magnetic head. Nothing. He poked around again. Wow, the red LED lights up. Yeah, hands remember something. Not the dollars you slipped to me, dear man, not the dollars. But that’s all.
What I did not understand was the appointment of a circle between the LEDs with the inscription EVS. Maybe it's a sound speaker. But this is only an assumption.
So, my children, your mothers in the already distant 90s took timid steps in the world of currency and its deceivers on the basis of improvised means.
Those who did not immediately guess what it is, welcome to cut (the pictures are large. Traffic, if anyone cares).
What is it? It looks like an ordinary handheld magnifier or, scientifically speaking, a magnifying glass. In my childhood, using such a tool, a bright sun and a grasshopper caught a cockroach, very interesting experiments were carried out. But this is only in appearance. The presence of two red and green LEDs is alarming, and the presence of a tape head from the bottom can completely baffle a modern researcher.
As an educational program: a tape head is part of the tape drive mechanism of a tape recorder for playing audio recordings. Moreover, judging by the size of the head, this is not from a simple tape recorder, which is on compact cassettes and which in my early childhood has already quite traditionally come into life, but from a reel tape recorder. There were monsters where, in order to listen to music, it was necessary to carry out some manipulations on filling the tape among the roller-rollers, and aesthetes noted passages that were liked by pieces of paper inserted into the film on a reel. In general, there is a whole topic here, according to the traditions of the natives of the generation of the yellow submarine. Well, you understand what I mean.
After an external examination of the artifact, some suspicions appeared about what it was. Surely. Somewhere in the 91st year, new words and terms densely entered our life. Three magic words “bucks”, “Bundes”, “Chukhonka” settled among them for a rather long period. In other words, it was a currency. Currency in those days caused a directly paralyzing effect. Like, there is ordinary money - rubles. And there are these. With what it is connected, it is difficult to say now when the currency has become only one of the ordinary attributes of our life. You don’t react to the microwave in the kitchen, even if you don’t use it. There are and are. But then ... However, then the microwave evoked feelings a little easier. Those who had it. Personally, I was able to get hold of such a thing only in 2000. Before it was somehow expensive. And the currency ... Probably, it was connected with the criminal image of the currency in the USSR. After all, a firing article for illegal operations. Therefore, to hold the banknote of the probable enemy in their hands resembled "from the war I did not hold military weapons in my hands." Although, as in the movie, this weapon was not military, but psychological. But striking right on target.
Of course, with the advent of currency, its counterfeits also appeared. Although, to be honest, I personally saw fake only 100 dollars. At the same time, they could only deceive such a naive guy like me. I saw this bill in a year that way 1995. The bill was made on a color copier, and the relief is filled with squeezing. But it was done for the hands and look of the layman masterfully. Outwardly, everything is ok, and if you grab the edge of the bill with your fingers from above and drag it through them, the necessary tuberosity was felt. But when they told me that these tuberosities were not quite real, there was no limit to my insight. And there was nothing to be surprised at. I have never seen before or after fakes. But there was a lot of currency in those days. I received a salary in it, I bought computers, cars, etc. for it Those. She was. But I personally almost never encountered fakes.
Apparently, I was just lucky. And this device is a response to a consumer request of that time. This is nothing more than a currency detector. It’s completely homemade. Let's open it soon to see what's inside:
Oh, this is a miracle of engineering at that time. And even with protection against unauthorized copying. Which one? But take a closer look. This technique was used very widely in homemade products of that time.
Also look how pretty everything is put together. Everything is more or less neatly assembled, presumably filled with hot glue, but, it seems to me it's some kind of tar.
And these are the details. Look, these are transparent diodes. What are they cute. And resistors with a nominal value applied to them? Not now fashionable color rings, namely the nominal and wattage. When soldering the face value to the board ... Yes, so no one soldered. It's worse than overstepping the barbell in the gym.
The lack of elemental base more than paid off with a creative flight of thought. No box for batteries? And that set of “pills” is nothing more than D-0.06 batteries. Nothing wrong. The unknown architect of this miracle proposed the option of his own box with a tightening screw for better contact. What shawl? She is not even washed completely. Such professional negligence. The button holder is also beyond praise.
In general, everything is perfect in this product. How to make a device out of branches, plasticine and blue electrical tape (where already without it?) That can save a currency trader from surprises. Well, or to convince the "sucker" that the mustache is normal, soaring. Take the bucks and run. Yes, do not forget to put a candle, that everything is normal this time ... However, something I got carried away.
It was not possible to launch this miracle. More precisely, it was possible, but there is nothing to check on. I do not hold cash currency. Somehow there’s nothing to me today. Therefore, it was possible to verify that the thing is alive. He applied 5 volts to it and pressed the button (in the photo you can see only the bottom of the button, and the button itself is on the belly of the device). The green LED lights up. He took a bill of 500 rubles and tapped it with a magnetic head. Nothing. He poked around again. Wow, the red LED lights up. Yeah, hands remember something. Not the dollars you slipped to me, dear man, not the dollars. But that’s all.
What I did not understand was the appointment of a circle between the LEDs with the inscription EVS. Maybe it's a sound speaker. But this is only an assumption.
So, my children, your mothers in the already distant 90s took timid steps in the world of currency and its deceivers on the basis of improvised means.