< Is this any easier with plastic parts? Is there any easy way to make
< molds? I don't want to do it, just curious (modern appliances
< usually depend on a single .5 cm plastic cog which of course tends
< to break or wear out after a few months' use)
generally plastic is easier to work than metal. depending on the part
you can machine it out of a block of similar material. Used to make a
lot of parts out of DERLIN, teflon and Nylon
Allisn
< Curious. Same goes for people who aren't in a large company and
< invent various other things. How did he 'invent' a gun without
< owning the necessary tools (at least I doubt a magazine writer would
< own this stuff) to process metal? Also, how did Woz make a case for
< the Apple ][, etc? Are there companies that take single orders
< like this?
Well first off there are companies that if you supply the drawing and pay
dearly they will make the requested item.
I'd suspect the Gunsmith would possess the tools needed. It doesn't take
a larg machine shop to do many of the processes needed to make a firearm
same applies for computer.
A case can be made of easily machined plastics or even wood and painted
for protos. I made a system box years ago out of wood to simulated the
look and feel of a quality epoxy glass resin, no majik other than knowing
how.
Allison
> Oboyoboy! Do these folks have any Barrett Light Fifties?
I always wanted to try out a rifle that could remove a shooter's
shoes
for him! kaBLAMMMMM! ;]
Nope, out of luck, all they have are pistol and submachine guns, after
all, it's an indoor range, a .50 BMG would go right thru the wall and
the building next door too. Indoor ranges don't have the backstop for
any rifle rounds, so no AKs, FALs, Galils, any of the good stuff either.
BTW a friend of mine makes a printed circuit type card for a
computerized chronograph used to measure 20mm rounds for an ammo
manufacturer. They actually fire the round thru the card, and use the
break in the circuit to control the chronograph. Because of the size
and amount of gas generated by a 20mm round, a regular chronograph using
sky light doesn't work, not accurate enough. The card is actually silk
screened conductive ink on cardboard.
Yeah, I'd like to have a Barrett too, but $5K is a bit too steep for me,
unless someone would like to trade for a nice IMSAI with front panel?
Then there's the cost of dies and a reloader for .50BMG rounds...
Jack Peacock
From: Sam Ismail [mailto:dastar@ncal.verio.com]
>Sad. That was probably perpetrated by those Israeli guys in Las Vegas
who
rent out machine guns for an hour or whatnot so you can blast away at
stuff. I'm not kidding, this place exists. Northwest of the strip I
think.
There are at least two places west of the strip, Shooter Supply (the
nicest one) and The Survival Store, that rent out or sponsor machine gun
events. Both are close to my office. I think there are a couple more
on the east side of town. These ranges are very popular with Japanese
tourists. Typically they rent out Uzis, Thompsons, MACs, and the usual
generic batch of 9mms.
Jack Peacock
I once say a kit in some magazine that would let you turn a Mac into a
fishbowl.
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
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> From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn(a)ricochet.net>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: RE: Classic Mags (was: Shame, shame, shame)
> Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 9:58 PM
>
> Speaking of which, anyone else remember the series of ads from (iirc)
> SmartTerm that said "Now that you have SmartTerm, what are you going to
do
> with your terminal?" and featured pictures of converted terminals being
> used as a Fishbowl, a Mailbox, and a Dollhouse. There might have been
> others, too. I always wanted to do the mailbox bit. Anyone still have
> copies of these (or better still, scanned versions?) Maybe I'll see if
> SmartTerm is still in business...
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------- O-
>
> Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
> roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
> Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
> San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/
>
I'm looking for a driver for a "Micro Mainframe Expanded Memory Expansion
Board" (yes, that's the actual name of it). The model number of it is
EMS-5150-T. The name of the driver is <EMS32.BIN>. It's for a Tandy
1000TL XT-class 286/12MHz.
One other question: The processor clocks in @ 12 MHz. The 1000TL is
supposed to be 8 MHz. Was there ever an upgrade offered for this computer
to make it 12MHz? The chip is manufactured by AMD, and it's a 286-12 (it
may be a S or SX, I'm not sure). This is also the computer that I'm trying
to find an XTA drive for. Make or model doesn't matter, as long as the
heads aren't run by a stepper motor.
ThAnX in advance,
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
But I am south, I live in Burnsville.
How about Chilli's on county rd 42 across from the mall.
Same time, Same day.
(I just like tequilaberries)
Francois
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-----Original Message-----
From: Poesie De La Fenetre <darkside(a)digicron.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: Twin cities get together
>Ditto for me... I'm in eagan, and that's quite a haul. maybe you should
>come south :P
>
>-Eric
>
>
>
>John R. Keys Jr. wrote:
>>
>> If it's just two of us showing up let's put it on hold since it's a nice
>> drive for me from Burnsville. Maybe you and I can get together and go on
a
>> shopping spree one weekend. I plan on going to a big flea market this
>> Sunday if you want to go also let me know as it's up north. John
>> At 07:26 PM 8/25/98 -0500, you wrote:
>> >Just a quick reninder:
>> >Friday August 28, tequilaberries, 6:00pm
>> >Please let me know if you are planning to attend, I'll be there early to
>> >reserve a table.
>> >Francois
>> >-------------------------------------------------------------
>> >Visit the desperately in need of update
>> >Sanctuary at: http://www.pclink.com/fauradon
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
His name is steve buggie, and i've included part of an email he sent to me
concering my $5 apple gs with a bad ps. he's pretty knowledeable, and has been
very helpful to me with sending me diagnostice disks and other disk goodies
for my apples. he also redoes disk ][ drives with variable speed control and a
manually selected write protect switch.
david
>>If you're thinking of one of these you might ALSO want to think about
something
>>called Bugg power - a guy on the a2 newsgroup (comp.sys.apple2) who takes
>>pc XT power supplies and adapts them to plug into apples.
BUGG-POWER IIGS external power supply (converted from IBM)
$27 for 150 watts, or $30 for 200 watts; add $5.00 shipping.
It rests on the floor, with 5 ft cable to connect to the IIgs motherboard
via the rear panel of the IIgs. I've made 192 units in 2 1/2 years!
Steve Buggie
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> That _does_ sound like a decoder. Maybe you could look at Toshiba TV
> schematics (I have almost _no_ NTSC stuff here) and see if you can figure
> out what the chip does...
>
Well, if it was made by Toshiba.... That's probably what's wrong with
it...
GooD LucK,
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-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
