image ELECTRONICS: FUN AND FUNDAMENTALS

By Charles Platt

Zap-a-Mole

The first of a series of columns for readers who have relatively little knowledge of electronics and would like to know more.

image I’ve dropped a lot of quarters, over the years, into machines that offer the peculiar pleasure of hitting moles on their heads with a padded mallet. I’m referring, of course, to the Whac-A-Mole amusement-arcade game in which five oversized, grinning moles pop up at random, inviting you to whack them back into their holes. It’s such a perennial favorite that ...

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