test-drb November 2001

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by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Nov 8, 11:28, Mike Ford wrote: > >In some respects it's about getting people to "try" something they aren't > >accustomed to eating, just like when I was trying to train my kids. It's > >really > > I gotta say though this GREEN ketchup Heinz is pushing along with the Shrek > Video really barfs me out. Nah, that's quite cool. My nieces won't eat it, though. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 1 month

DECSystem 5900 (fwd)

by optimus＠canit.se

Got this on another list. You could run ULTRIX on it. I could supply a CD image if necessary.

23 years, 1 month

Pre PDA computers

by marvin＠rain.org

A friend emailed me these two links to a posting on Revworld about some of the computers that predated the PDAs. Very interesting! http://revoworld.com/dbShowNews.asp?ID=702 http://revoworld.com/dbShowNews.asp?ID=703

23 years, 1 month

Burroughs B80

by mhstein＠usa.net

Someone who has a B80 in a museum contacted me on this list a while ago about some materials I want to get rid of. Alas, I can't easily find that reply now, so would you please contact me again off-list. My apologies... m

23 years, 1 month

DECSystem 5900 (fwd)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On November 8, Iggy Drougge wrote: > Oh, how silly of me. I assumed it was one of the QBUS systems. That'd be the 5400 and 5500 IIRC. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL

23 years, 1 month

Cable and connector source

by mcclure3＠home.com

on 11/2/01 1:45 PM, classiccmp-digest at owner-classiccmp-digest(a)classiccmp.org wrote: > 6-pin mini-DIN is what a PS/2 mouse uses. > > For "raw" parts how about http://www.jameco.com/ ? > > - -Philip Yes, PS/2 keyboard/mouse uses the same mini-DIN, but the wiring is completely different. Thanks for the URL... Don McClure Bel Air, MD

23 years, 1 month

Refilling Toner Carts (was RE: Rubber Restorer...)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Nov 8, 11:56, Douglas Quebbeman wrote: > > > One possible problem, Sodium Hydroxide < .5% could be damaging and > > > corrosive to metalic parts. > > > > About the only common material that sodium hydroxide will attack is > > aluminium, and then only when concentrated or exposure is reasonably long; > > it has no effect on copper, steel, etc. > > Yeah, I've relied on this as a way to make satin-finish aluminum > front panels for equipment. As the reaction progresses, the NAO2 (?) > solution has to be preiodlically replaced. It generally took me about > two days to get the desired look. Sounds about right. Depends on the concentration and temperature, of course, and also the fact that NaOH readily absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere, turning into Na2CO3 (sodium carbonate, washing soda) which doesn't have much effect on aluminium. In fact, NaOH and KOH are so good at that, that they're used in atmospheric scrubbers. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 1 month

Clearly OT (but what the hell...) (was: food

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Nov 8, 11:49, Douglas Quebbeman wrote: > > It varies. Which night would you like? :-) > Any night whose name ends in the letter 'Y' and which > occurs once each week... but Chris already informed me > this is merely a yearly affair... one I'm sure to look > forward to if I have to wait a year for a wee dram! But the drinking part and eating part, and indeed most other parts needn't only be annual. Only the Burn's Night title part is annual :-) Um, you do have to listen to bagpipes, though, if it's Burn's Night. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 1 month

Rubber Restorer...

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> HP recommends a plain old water (a damp cloth) to clean printer rollers. I > just cleaned the rollers on my DeskJet 820ce and the paper feed is much > improved. It remains to be seen how long it lasts this way, though. Cleaning isn't the issue- deglazing is. Rubber rollers become glazed on their surface, and whether it's from picking up dirt and dust or because the rubber simply fuses chemically at the surface I don't know. But traditionally, cerbon tetrachloride was used for this purpose. I also used it to highlight watermarks in vintage postage stamps. Regards, -dq

23 years, 1 month

OT: food

by mythtech＠Mac.com

> But I have to admit, McDonalds french fries in thier choclate shake >is pretty good too. Never tried that, but I used to get a medium chocolate, and a medium stawberry, and drink them together (one straw from each to my mouth), that was always pretty good. I will have to dunk my fries the next time (and to think, I was just about to get Mc D's for lunch, but at the last minute pulled into the popeye's drive thru instead.) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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test-drb November 2001