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The Sci.Electronics.Repair (S.E.R) FAQ
Sam's Laser FAQ
Silicon Sam's Technology Resource (SSTR)
Other Sam's Documents
Version 1.67
Copyright © 1994-2001
Samuel M. Goldwasser
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Table of Contents
Introduction
These listings and links identify those web sites where I have some sort
of control and attempt to maintain up-to-date versions of all the documents
where possible. Additional options may be found at the mirrors info of the
Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ sites themselves.
Some Web sites get updated more frequently than others. Therefore, a bit of
surfing may identify more recent versions of some of these documents and will
permit you to locate the site nearest your physical location - to minimize the
traffic jam on the information superhighway, um, parking lot :-).
Note: The most up-to-date version of this document
is at Master Copy
of Home and Mirror Site Locations.
Descriptions of the Various FAQ Collections
The Sci.Electronics.Repair (S.E.R) FAQ is an extensive set of
documents on consumer electronics (and other) troubleshooting and repair,
testing, general electronics, reference information, assorted schematics of
interesting and sometimes unusual devices, links to over 1000 technology
related Web sites, and more. It was developed specifically for the
DoItYourselfer (DIYer) and tinkerer, hobbyist, experimenter, engineer,
dentist, and poet. The S.E.R FAQ includes all of the material I have written
(nicely formatted by Filipg G.) as well as many articles and references from
others. To the best of my knowledge, this is the most comprehensive
collection of information of its kind in the explored universe.
Sam's
Laser FAQ (SLF) - A Practical Guide to Lasers for Experimenters and
Hobbyists - contains extensive practical information on a variety of laser
related topics. Sam's Laser FAQ is present at all S.E.R FAQ (and SSTR - see
below) sites, but due to its nature and size, is also available as a self
contained document and at other sites as well. Version may vary slightly by
site but all are quite recent and nicely formatted including a full table of
contents, list of all associated files, and extensive cross-links. The
complete Sam's Laser FAQ may be downloaded for convenient high speed local
access. See: Sam's Laser FAQ Local Installation
for details.
The Laser Equipment Gallery (LEG) includes a collection of photos of
various laser systems, power supplies, and components. Due to its size, the
LEG is only present at selected sites and is NOT part of the FAQ distributions.
Silicon Sam's Technology Resource (SSTR) includes all the documents
I have authored but most of the large repair guides which constitute the
"Notes on the Troubleshooting and Repair of...." series are not as nicely
formatted (not table of contents or cross-links) as those of the same name
which are part of the S.E.R FAQ. However, the actual information content may
be more recent since the formatted FAQs do not get updated as frequently. The
complete SSTR collection may also be downloaded for convenient high speed
local access. See: Silicon Sam's Technology Resource
Local Installation for details. Note that while SSTR sites include Sam's
Laser FAQ, it is NOT part of the SSTR download package and must be installed
separately.
Copies of some of these documents, particularly the various repair guides
of the Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ, may be found at other totally independent
sites. However, unless they are live links back to one of the sites below,
the versions are likely to be quite old (relatively speaking, at least).
There are also some additional sites which have copied and modified some of
these documents to provide a more user friendly graphical user interface. So,
if you stumble across something that looks vaguely familiar, you will know
where it came from. In either case, if there is no acknowledgement of the
origin in the links or at the beginning of the document, please let me know!
The Main Table of Contents (ToC) links, below, are the usual jumping off points
for the good stuff for on-line viewing :-). Those labeled as 'Zipped' may be
downloaded as a single compressed file and easily installed to create a local
browser accessible copy.
Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ Home Site
The latest versions of these documents are available at the Home site:
Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ Mirror Sites
These sites have various versions depending on who maintains the content. For
those where I have upload access at least, versions will be quite recent.
Hopefully, some sites will have fully automatic mirroring but that is in the
future. They are listed in no particular order - maybe alphabetic, then
EDU/COM, then USA/Foreign, then by distance, maybe. :-)
The entries marked 'Zipped' provide a convenient way of creating a local
browser-accessible copy of SSTR and/or Sam's Laser FAQ. See
Silicon Sam's Technology Resource Local
Installation and Sam's Laser FAQ Local
Installation for details.
Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ Archive
The complete Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ (including information and links from
other sources) may also be downloaded from the Circuit Cookbook Archive
(CCA) sites. Both ASCII and local HTML versions are available but they are
generally older than those at many other sites:
Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ Italian Translation by Antonio Cristiani
Most of the individual repair and testing documents (but not Sam's Laser FAQ)
have been converted including the colloquial English phrases!
Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ French Translation by GUILBAUD Christophe
(Tophe)
Portions of some of the individual repair and testing documents (currently
just TVs and VCRs) have been converted. This site is under construction.
Additional Sites with Silicon Sam's Technology Resource
(I'm not sure if this one is maintained.)
Additional Sites with Sam's Laser FAQ
In addition to being included in the S.E.R FAQ and SSTR sites, there are
several other sites which include Sam's Laser FAQ (SLF).
Going to laserfaq.com, laserfaq.net, and laserfaq.org will redirect you to a
Web site with a recent version of Sam's Laser FAQ. (This is actually the
LaserFreak.net site, above.) A German translation is also under
development which will be accessible from there or laserfaq.de in the
future.
Miscellaneous Sites with Sam Stuff
A variety of documents that I have authored or coauthored are available on:
Don klipstein's Lighting Technology Web
Site. (Most of these are also part of the S.E.R FAQ and SSTR collections.)
One of the latest versions of the document: "Notes on the Troubleshooting
and Repair of Electronic Flash Units and Strobe Lights, and Design Guidelines,
Useful Circuits, and Schematics" usually resides at:
Fluorescent and discharge lamp info and troubleshooting documents:
High Voltage Stuff:
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