test-drb November 2001

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by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 11/7/2001 10:22:22 AM Central Standard Time, DAW(a)yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu writes: > Nah, even easier. Just take a look at a motorcycle, snowmobile, or > jetski, or whatever else uses a motorcycle sized battery. They (almost) all > have caps, to refille the levels. > Replacement motorcycle batteries come with the acid in a seperate > bottle, that you have to pour into the cells after you buy it. And there is > _always_some acid left over, once you put the proper amounts in... > > --- David A Woyciesjes > In the case of a scooter battery I bought last year, there was a box of acid to install, but there was none left over. why would you not want to add all that was provided? There was removable caps, but it was only for opening it up once to add acid, and then forever sealed. One thing I can say about those batteries, they sure don't last long for being so expensive! If you let them go dead just once, they never recover. clearing the HYPE about bioterrorism www.formatc.org/terrorism.htm

23 years, 1 month

Sun / CalComp Printer networking problems (was: Thick Ethernet/Sun networking problems)

by Arno_1983＠gmx.de

On Nov 5, 08:33 GMT, Pete Turnbull wrote: >If the LINK LED stays off, I'd be inclned to believe the interface isn't >working; on all the devices I've seen it, the LINK LED is on if the network >is live. Seems odd if the DATA LED blinks when there's traffic, though. I >wonder what that LINK LED really is for? According to the Ethernet Hardware Manual (we finally got a copy from somebody who also still uses such stuff...YEAH!), the LINK LED will only illuminate if there is an active connection via the 10baseT network interface, NOT when using the AUI port. BTW, this is the same way my PC's network interface uses it. Yesterday, I went and borrowed a cross-over TP cable from the teacher who does all the network stuff at our school. Connected it between my PC and the printer, let 'em power up...and pinging and telnetting both worked! I verified (by connecting the PC to the Transceiver the printer used WITH the drop cable the printer used, then telnetting to one of the SUNs) that transceiver and drop cable are okay. So I think the fault is on the AUI port of the printer's network card. But no signs of overheating etc. on the PCB... OK, so far for now... Arno Kletzander Arno_1983(a)gmx.de -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net

23 years, 1 month

Apple Floppy Drives (was: More Apple Pimpers)

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: Eric J. Korpela <korpela(a)ssl.berkeley.edu> >I don't recall having as many problems with drives on other systems with the >exception of a Kaypro that would wipe most any disk over the course of a >couple hours. I only had access to the one Kaypro, so I don't know if the >problem was widespread. > Common problem on kaypros with 5.25drives with media in place on power down. Then again most machines did that. Some drives seemed less prone to do that in the same machine and those that lifted the heads were somewhat better too. Drive induced media failures, random writes on power up/down were/are common, SA400s would bite the hub (remember the rings?) and early two sided drives would clap the media between pinching heads that would sometimes twist and scar the disk. Allison

23 years, 1 month

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

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> DQ wrote: > > > This Son of Clan Keith is wondering which night of the week that > > Burn's Night falls on? > > January 25th. :-) Too bad, was hoping to make it a weekly afair... ;-) -q

23 years, 1 month

Reconstructing "King's Quest"

by spectre＠stockholm.ptloma.edu

Now that I have my utility 486 up and running with a PC 5.25" drive, there are some projects to be commenced. One of them is to get King's Quest transferred over to the PCjr, since KQ1 only plays music through the PCjr. (Or so they say.) PC Gamer published the original KQ1 on one of their cover discs about a year ago, which I have, and was able to unpack it and it's sitting on the utility 486. The problem is that the total size of the files is ~400K, and I'm willing to bet that the PCjr's floppy does not support HD 5.25" (right now I'm about 100 miles away from it, or else I'd test it :-). If it does do HD floppies, that solves the entire problem. Assuming it does not, what is the layout of files on the various KQ floppies? Can someone list the files on their KQ1 disk(s)? -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu -- Let us live! Let us love! Let us share our darkest secrets! ... you first. -

23 years, 1 month

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

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Nov 7, 8:08, Douglas Quebbeman wrote: > > Traditionally served [...] on special occasions like Burn's Night with a glass of > > whisky. > This Son of Clan Keith is wondering which night of the week that > Burn's Night falls on? It varies. Which night would you like? :-) -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 1 month

Rubber Restorer...

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

! ! Nah, even easier. Just take a look at a motorcycle, ! ! snowmobile, or jetski, or whatever else uses a motorcycle ! ! sized battery. They (almost) all have caps, to refille the ! ! levels. ! ! Replacement motorcycle batteries come with the acid in ! ! a seperate bottle, that you have to pour into the cells ! ! after you buy it. And there is _always_some acid left over, ! ! once you put the proper amounts in... ! ! ! !--- David A Woyciesjes ! ! From: SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com [mailto:SUPRDAVE@aol.com] ! ! In the case of a scooter battery I bought last year, there ! was a box of acid to install, but there was none left over. ! why would you not want to add all that was provided? You want to follow the instructions. Mine said to fill to a certain level. If you put in too much, it could boil up and go boom. Manufacturers give a little extra, to account for air pressure differences (due to altitude and such), and to account for spillage too. ! There ! was removable caps, but it was only for opening it up once ! to add acid, and then forever sealed. Nothing a pair of pliers can't fix. ! One thing I can say ! about those batteries, they sure don't last long for being ! so expensive! If you let them go dead just once, they never ! recover. If they get drained too far, yes. But that (normally) doesn't happen very often. --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

23 years, 1 month

Rubber Restorer...

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

! > > But any kid knows that you can get some better acid out of the car ! > > battery. ! ! On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Tony Duell wrote: ! > Alas many car batteries (at least in the UK) are 'sealed ! > for life' so ! > it's less easy to extract some sulphuric acid, at least not without ! > damaging the battery enough to get noticed :-(. ! ! In the US, MOST of the "sealed" batteries actually have ! access holes into ! each cell, that are hidden under a cap or tape. Nah, even easier. Just take a look at a motorcycle, snowmobile, or jetski, or whatever else uses a motorcycle sized battery. They (almost) all have caps, to refille the levels. Replacement motorcycle batteries come with the acid in a seperate bottle, that you have to pour into the cells after you buy it. And there is _always_some acid left over, once you put the proper amounts in... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

23 years, 1 month

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

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Minced sheep's liver, lungs, and heart (the "pluck"), mixed with oatmeal, > suet, and spices, sewn into the sheep's stomach bag and boiled. I grew up > in Edinburgh with the stuff and I hate it, but many consider it a delicacy. > Traditionally served with boiled mashed potatoes ("tatties") and turnip > ("neeps") and on special occasions like Burn's Night with a glass of > whisky. Search for "Macsween" on the web -- theirs are widely rated the > best. This Son of Clan Keith is wondering which night of the week that Burn's Night falls on? ;-) -dq

23 years, 1 month

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

by zmerch＠30below.com

Rumor has it that UberTechnoid(a)home.com may have mentioned these words: >Having been inside thousands of laser, led, and Inkjet printers in my >time, I'd have to agree with HP. As much as I hate "me too" posts... "Me Too!" >Third-party recycled toner carts can cause an ungodly mess a tech is gonna >have to clean up. Inkjet refill kits can have the same effect (but >gooeyer). Or worse. There are some inkjet printers out there that have an "overflow" valve & tiny reservoir that will take up excess ink - if you refill these cartridges, once that overflow reservoir fills you can actually ruin your printer! Granted, there are some inkjet printers that IMHO should have never seen the light of day... but I'll not get into that. :-) >For those on the list, you know what you are doing and know what you are >getting into, but PLEASE tell your customers/clients to buy original toner >carts or carts from a known maker (such as Xerox tonor carts for hp >printers). I did *just that.* The local officemax was out of HP carts for our 4000N, so I purchased a Xerox. Works as good as the original... > Shopping for price is ok, but refilled carts from Joedy >Rottenkrotch are recipe for disaster. ;-) I dunno if I'd have put it *quite that way* but you are indeed correct. Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger

23 years, 1 month

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test-drb November 2001