Anyone have a pair of Telebit Trailblazer modems they'd be willing
to part with? Looking to re-create the old PEP over old tin-cans
and string demo for a presentation.
T2SAA (TB+) units seem to be fairly common, but I can't find anyone
advertising the original model.
De
>
>Subject: Re: Public Service Announcement: AVOID "bobsbid1"
> From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:20:31 -0700
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
>
>On 10/17/2005 at 1:06 PM Roger Merchberger wrote:
>
>>OMFG! Freezing CD's makes 'em sound better?!?!? And what the heck is
>>Cream-Electret -- nevermind - I don't wanna know after all. <:-O
>
>Roger, brass musicians of the same mindset have been paying big money for
>years to have someone dunk their instrument in a dewar of liquid nitrogen,
>waxing euphoric about the way the instrument response changes. Of course,
>there's no real basis in science and most of the victims overlook the
>"prep" work that's part of the package and really makes the big difference.
Actually hardening and annealing with extreme cold or heat has a measurable
effect on metals. There is _some_ rational basis there.
However.. local temerature changes (environment) affect the metals used
to a greater extent through expansion and contraction.
FYI: it was tested by dupont years ago that nylon (as in pantyhose) treated
with a LN2 dunk had a better wear characteristic. No memory of why that was
found to work.
>Mark my words--the audiophile fringe will be dunking CD's in liquid N2 any
>day now...
Did it, they smash far better, louder too! (Those pesky AOL CDs).
Can't say that they play better though.
Allison
Hey everyone,
I thought I'd spam the lists again with a link to my PDP-11 board which
hasn't had much traffic as of late, in case any of you DECies didn't know
about it.
http://pdpusers.dyndns.org <http://pdpusers.dyndns.org/>
Always, if you have any suggestions, feel free to email me or drop me a
personal message on the board.
Thanks!
Julian
Hey everyone,
I thought I'd spam the lists again with a link to my PDP-11 board which
hasn't had much traffic as of late, in case any of you DECies didn't
know about it.
http://pdpusers.dyndns.org <http://pdpusers.dyndns.org/>
Always, if you have any suggestions, feel free to email me or drop me a
personal message on the board.
Thanks!
Julian
Thank you William, Sorry Jay!
Brian Hanson
<snip>
Sorry about the plug, Jay, but he asked!
William Donzelli
<snip>
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
From: Roger Merchberger <zmerch at 30below.com>
> Allowing the object to return to room temperature very, very
> slowly is important. You should perceive an improvement in the sound when
> you listen to the object which has been through the freezing process....
Ah...note the crux of the delusion. Anyone who "doesn't perceive an improvement" just didn't let it warm up slowly enough. Thusly, the scam is impervious to outside criticism.
Ken
Sorry to bother you Everett. I saw you message on-line re: the manual for the Pro Log 7303 Keyboard/Display card. I too have been looking for this document. If you would, please let me know if I can still get a copy from you.
Thanks,
Frank Ahlin
Hi All,
My current logic analyzers (an HP 64000 system and a Dolch LAM4850) have been forced into early retirement and I'm looking for a replacement.
I need around 100 channels, not terribly fast (100-250 MHz -- faster is ok too, obviously) and it might be handy to have the ability to plug in a scope card and/or a pattern generator.
I've used the HP 16500 quite a bit (in a past life) but I have not had much experience with other machines (Tektronix TLA7xx, HP 167x etc). There seems to be a lot of 16500 mainframes and cards available -- but they are getting old and they are pretty BIG. OK, so an HP 64000 ain't exactly petite either so maybe size doesn't matter THAT much...
Anyhow, I'm looking for recommendations. Something that will give a few years of service, and cost less than $4000 (or thereabouts). I have to keep these poor old computers running somehow -- plus a few new developments from time to time.
Advice would be appreciated,
Pat
>
>Subject: Re: Public Service Announcement: AVOID "bobsbid1"
> From: Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com>
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:01:24 -0700 (PDT)
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Allison wrote:
>> FYI: it was tested by dupont years ago that nylon (as in pantyhose) treated
>> with a LN2 dunk had a better wear characteristic. No memory of why that was
>> found to work.
>
>YIKES!
>Did they consider the issue of how uncomfortable it must be to wear them
>that cold??
They get warmed of course.. Then again I would how those guys understood
all this. Hummmm. ;)
>> Did it, they smash far better, louder too! (Those pesky AOL CDs).
>> Can't say that they play better though.
>
>I made a handle, and tried using them as pizza cutters. No good.
>There is NO known use for them!
Actually I found Four uses for them.
One of the older versions had some bits of software that was useful
outside the AOL framwork. Handy to keep around for regressive
uses.
Makes a nice disk for an aneometer (wind speed) when combined with
those plastic eggs.
Made a useful stator and rotor for experiments in power generation
using wind.
Inexpensive substitute for clay targets in skeet shooting. Love the
sound of a 12ga. ;)
Allison
Cleaning out the library; before they go into the dumpster,
anybody need/want some manuals for the Cromemco
C-10 desktop computer?
C-10 Personal Computer User's Manual
Structured Basic Language Reference Manual
WriteMaster Word processing Systems
PlanMaster Financial Planning Package
Reply off-list pls,
mike (Toronto)
