Gave up the ghost with a satisfying pop and a puff
Hello everybody.
But mostly transistors, which give up the ghost with a
satisfying pop and a puff of white smoke when you hook them up wrong. The chief engineer at RCA didn’t really like the idea of shipping theater equipment with more special
effects than the films it was designed to project.
I am reading a memory of an engineer working in RCA.
I can understand what he is trying to say in the bold part.
Would you please simplify it for me?
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Jamal 1315 But mostly transistors , which give up the ghost with a satisfying pop and a puff of white smoke when you hook them up wrong. The chief engineer at RCA didn’t really like the idea of shipping theater equipment with more special effects than the films it was designed to project. These are transistors: When you connect the wires incorrectly, they explode, Explosions are shown in films as special effects.
- Jamal 1315 But mostly transistors , which give up the ghost with a satisfying pop and a puff of white smoke when you hook them up wrong.
- The chief engineer at RCA didn’t really like the idea of shipping theater equipment with more special effects than the films it was designed to project.
- These are transistors: When you connect the wires incorrectly, they explode, Explosions are shown in films as special effects.
- They did not want the transistors to provide more special effects than the movies.
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Jamal 1315But mostly transistors, which give up the ghost with a satisfying pop and a puff of white smoke when you hook them up wrong. The chief engineer at RCA didn’t really like the idea of shipping theater equipment with more special effects than the films it was designed to project.
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