I do not know if anyone remembers the old GE instruments those had a set of
speakers on the front panel of the console that were used to tune the probe.
Ghirmai
At 06:40 PM 4/30/2007, Neil Jacobsen wrote:
>Josh,
>
>We've been doing this since 1995 on our Gemini-200 for undergraduate
>demos. There are non-majors Organic Chemistry sections (24 students each)
>who will be submitting samples for autosampler runs. We turn off the
>lights and put an old oscilloscope on top of the console with our radio
>shack speakers on either side turned up loud. It really wakes them
>up! They hear the FID and see it on the oscilloscope. I also run the 13C
>so they can hear "noise".
>
>I also remember the NMR lab at Berkeley in the late 70's where Rudi
>Nunlist had a speaker on every instrument with a little volume
>control. There were many instruments in the lab and it sounded like "Run
>Silent, Run Deep". Apparently it drove the workers in neighboring labs crazy.
>
>Neil
>
>
>
>Neil E. Jacobsen, Ph.D.
>NMR Facility Manager
>Department of Chemistry
>119 Old Chemistry
>1306 E. University
>University of Arizona
>Tucson, AZ 85721
>520-621-8146
>FAX 520-621-8407
Received on Tue May 01 2007 - 10:46:00 MST