I Take My First Spectra with the PDP-11/73 and Bomem FTIR!

Yoooo, it works! But, it wasn’t easy. Sure we swapped some parts and got some communication going, but there was still a lot of yelling and screaming and misunderstandings going on between the two. Still, after discovering that the math wasn’t mathing, we got it there! If you want to support the channel please hop over to Patreon:   / usagielectric   Check out the previous episode in the series for more information on spectroscopy:    • Spectroscopy Like it’s 1985!   Join us on Twitch Friday nights at 2130 CST:   / usagielectric   Also, we now have some epic shirts for sale! https://my-store-11554688.creator-spr... Come join us on Discord! Discord:   / discord   Thanks for watching! Chapters 0:00 I’m a marriage counselor for vintage electronics! 1:51 How do these things actually talk to each other though? 4:38 Fixing my jank 6:05 A conversation about High Performance Vector Processors 7:08 Testing the new HPVP 9:12 How to use scientific software from 1985 (CM) 17:24 Realigning the detector 19:10 Science is hard man… 23:10 Sue is just having a great time!