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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ordinary Fool, post: 2666950, member: 85318&quot;]me·chan·i·cal</p><p>məˈkanək(ə)l/</p><p><i>adjective</i></p><ol> <li><b>1</b>.<br /> working or produced by machines or machinery.<br /> &quot;a mechanical device&quot;</li> </ol><p><span style="font-size: 16px">I&#039;ll confess, when I got my electrical degree, computer work was done in DOS because OS&#039;s as we now know them did not exist.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">I appreciate your patience in explaining the details. Thank you.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">I missed the newer generation seemingly slipping in changes to the meaning of words as I knew them.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">My thinking is that the magnification you are describing might be more accurate and clearer with subtext clarification. Perhaps using another word other than mechanical as well. Amplification seems more appropriate. I&#039;ll revisit this after some sleep.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">I mean since there truly is nothing mechanical about the concept other than in somewhat abstract analogous terms.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">Has the cheese slid off my cracker or do I simply need to get with the times?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">I&#039;ve never regarded solid state or discrete electronics as mechanical devices in any form or fashion. I had no idea anyone did until now!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">Thank you again.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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