test-drb January 2002

test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

303 participants
1201 discussions

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>Aah, I'm getting tired. I rest my case. Your tool listing was NOT from a catalog... it was from someone saying what you need to show up with. I specifically said it would NOT be listed that way in a CATALOG (although, I do retract my statement, as I have found one such listing that it does to my great surprise). Since it is a list of tools to show up with... it could very well be that you should have a true Crescent wrench (but that is stretching it pretty far, so I am sure they are just refering to any adjustable "crescent" wrench) As for the theater, that may be regional, that may not be... the theaters in my area do NOT call it a crescent wrench unless you are a "rookie". That doesn't mean other theaters don't. (And we call the others a "pipe wrench" or a "monkey wrench" depending on if it has a loose head or not, pipe is loose, monkey is fixed) Once again, it is language, and ALL language is regional, sometimes as microscale as within a few city blocks. The argument still holds no water when the discussion is calling an item by its CORRECT name. Crescent, no matter HOW "accepted" is not the "technically" correct name. It is no more correct than a DB9 in reference to what is a DE9. Sure, it might be widely accepted, and you may have a better chance of getting what you really want, but it is still "technically" incorrect. Aah... I'M getting tired... I give up... this was never supposed to be a wrench discussion, it was supposed to be a one shot email pointing out irony. (Hey Sellam... demand some moderation already to bring this to an end and put me out of my misery) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 4 months

WTB SGI Indy

by wlewis＠mailbag.com

R. P. Bell said: > Anybody got any good suggestions on where to go to get a nice SGI Indy, just > for playing around -- preferably cheap? Contact me off list and let me know what your idea of cheap is. William Barnett-Lewis wlewis(a)mailbag.com

22 years, 4 months

Wanted: One Specific Piece of Software

by vance＠ikickass.org

Specifically, dBase 5 and dBase Compiler. Peace... Sridhar

22 years, 4 months

Crescent wrenches (was: Nomenclature (was: NEXT Color Printer find

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> At least around here, they are teaching that it is an Adjustable Wrench, > and specifically teaching that it is NOT a Crescent wrench. Heh. Mexican speed wrench... ;) -dq

22 years, 4 months

DEC bus driver/receiver chips

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>Yes (assuming the VT78/WS78/WT78 are all the same thing). Are you needing >some part in particular or just general looking? I have a WT78 (along with its dual floppy drives). I left the table behind but now I realise I've probably destroyed its historical value :-( It came with a couple of 8" floppies and a few (two or three) WPS manuals. I have zero technical info so anything vaguely technical would be nice. I've looked through your list of docs, and apart from WPS, OS/8 (does that apply??) and docs with 78 in the date I don't see any stuff that applies. Printsets, tech manuals, anything that will help me fix it (I'm sure it will break sometime in the next thirty years or so ...) would be nice. The computer conservation society here in the UK had one too that they were working on (I don't recall it's exact condition) but they didn't have any docs available when last I looked. I'll hunt out my two or three docs soon (they're in the garage too - and it's a tad cold right now!) and I'll get them scanned if they're not something you already have. Antonio

22 years, 4 months

[OT] Euroconversion for WP5x

by sipke＠wxs.nl

This is a possibly [OT] but a rather acute problem on the European continent and maybe elsewhere.......... and WP51 under MS-DOS is rather vintage these days ..................... How do you get your good ol' WP5x to print anything resembling a EURO SYMBOL ..... I had to figure out this problem for my girlfriend cause at her work they still work with WP51 in a MS-DOS environment and it will take a few month (maybe years) before they'll switch to some winsux solution ........ (I admit this sounds stupid but, uhm... it's true!) For anyone with the same pressing needs ......... I've posted a few EURO-symbol options in a WP5x file in the Euro-folder of the filesection of my website. (English and Dutch versions aviable) Sipke de Wal ----------------------------------------------- http://xgistor.ath.cx -----------------------------------------------

22 years, 4 months

Connectors (was: NEXT Color Printer find

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>I install fire alarm systems... Now, if you had asked me which one connects >the handset to the phone, you'd have me stumped! I had been taught that was a Rj-11 "handset", which has never really sat well with me... but it is what I was taught, and it is what my telco catalogs list the part as, so I had to accept it. Thanks to that link, it is claimed to be an RJ-22, which sits MUCH better with me since it has its own designation. I can't speak for its accuracy as it is the first time I have heard that, but if I had to pick, I would go with RJ-22 over RJ-11 "handset". Oh, and I was taught in the field all my telco knowledge, never went to school... it is learned from various Bell and private installers/techs/whathaveyou... so who knows how accurate they are, but I tend to give them more credence than most schools (except maybe some Bell installers, the older ones are good, but most of the younger ones suck royally) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 4 months

Connectors (was: NEXT Color Printer find

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 30, Chris wrote: > >Would they call common network connectors "8 pin RJ-11"? > >Or would they call them "8 pin telephone connectors"? > > Neither, 8 pin RJ's are an RJ-45 (11 is a 4 pin, comes in either standard > or handset sizes... can also have just 2 pins for "cheap" cords... 12 is > a 6 pin, same physical size as a standard RJ-11) It's important to note that the RJ designations specify not only the connector type, but the pinout. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

22 years, 4 months

Nomenclature (was: NEXT Color Printer find

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>>what should you >> call a Yo-Yo? (just seeing how many people know the answer to this one) > >Who knows? It's a YoYo here too. It was a trick question The correct answer is still YoYo. The YoYo was invented by/originally sold by the YoYo company. They only made the one self named toy. Duncan later came out with the same toy (capatalizing on the the success), and called it a YoYo since that is all people knew it by. YoYo Corp failed to sue in a timely manner (because they were getting recognition for every sale, not just their own). When Duncan started to beat them out, they then sued for trademark infringement, but lost, because it was deemed too late. Thus YoYo became not only the name of the manufacturer, but officially the name of the toy as well. Frisbee is a similar situation, there is no other "offical" name for the flying disc toy -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 4 months

This is my fifth attempt to get deleted.If i swear will i get automaticly wiped?

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>> This is my fifth attempt to get deleted.If i swear will i >> get automaticly wiped? >> Please help me surely someone can. > >Well, you must be old enough to wipe yourself to be on >this list. Please consult here for instructions: > http://www.classiccmp.org/firsthelp.html Well I had the opposite problem - it took me three goes to get subscribed; the final method (which worked) was to find the list owner's email and go direct :-) I don't know whether the automatic stuff was broken for all or just broken for me (nor, indeed, do I know whether it is fixed). So maybe he's tried and it doesn't work, in which case maybe he'll reply :-) I'd post Jay's email but since he moved just afore Xmas (IIRC) then it may not be too much use. Antonio

22 years, 4 months

Jump to page:

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

test-drb January 2002