Paul Carbone
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Paul Carbone
@forty2.bsky.social
Oscilloscope enthusiast and 60s test equipment hoarder, with the occasional retro computer here and there.

Mastodon: @forty2@oldbytes.space
It’s been a bit since I posted an oscilloscope photo, and that feels wrong. 
So here’s a #tektronix 7854
July 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Venn Diagram I imagine every time I install a window AC
July 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Kinship Klub
June 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“Door dash for bears” 😄
June 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“Is your video violent pornography, or the teletubbies?”
I feel like there’s a -big- middle ground missing from these two categories I apparently must choose between 
#youTube #coppa
May 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
There’s an ethereal beauty of an analog sampling scope /almost/ working 
#oscilloscope #analog #electronics #crt #retroTech
May 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I’m gonna refine the shit out of some macro data
(Yeah, I know it’s not the same model… )
#severance #retroComputing
April 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
March 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Lighting up these indicators that were a part of the house’s original security system made me unreasonably happy.
March 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Just whipped this up after beating in SSO for the last 20 minutes
March 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
[fixture] 1 [through] 4 [only] [position] [focus point] 1 [only] [color] [focus point] 2
It’s absolutely deranged that we used to program moving lights like this.
#theatre #lighting #DMX512 #stageHand #ETCLighting
March 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Ooh, these are nice. Haven’t fully run them through their paces, but reading dead nuts on my fluke. I need a GPIB adapter to really have some fun with them.
#electronics #testAndMeasurement
#retroTech
March 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Same, system. same
February 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
DVI is the Gen-X of video formats
February 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
How’s your Tuesday?
February 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
When all else fails, there’s target mode
#retroComputing #powerPC #macg4 #firewire
February 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
February 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
February 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I will be specifying these speakers exclusively for all future installations, no substitutions.
#ISE2025
#barcelona
#avtweeps
February 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Me: I don’t have that many CRTs
Also me: oh…

This is just what’s racked. Still more to unearth and organize.
#CRT #oscilloscope #retroTech #tektronix #basementGoals
February 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Good morning human
#catsOfBluesky
January 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Life uuuuuuhhhh finds a way
#catsOfBlueSky
January 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Anyone else remember this gem from their childhood. Man I wanted to build that ruby #laser
January 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A Song of Ice (breaker) and Fire (extinguishers).
#GoT
January 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I’m pretty darn happy with how this #woodworking project turned out. I’m grateful to have a friend with a well appointed shop nearby, a decent garage space of my own, and the insight & tips from various friends.
If anyone has a reco on any seminal woodworking texts, I’m all ears!
January 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM