1 Feb
2001
1 Feb
'01
5:37 p.m.
plz see wisecrack below, plz.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Kolb" <dankolb(a)ox.compsoc.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Put Down Engineers" Week
Gee! ... He must've been snacking mightily between meals!
On Thu, 01 Feb 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> > > >At an air show, you know how fast the skydivers are falling.
> >
> > Or at least I can calculate it...
>
> That's not so easy ... remember, the effect of the air on velocity is
> Vo*e^-(bt/m) where b is the balistic constant of the parachutist. That
can
vary
considerably with long-terme effects of diet, exercise, etc.
Assume a spherical parachutist, as in all good Physics problems? ;-)
Hmmm...I've just thought that I've been lurking on this list for some
time,
and posted once or twice, but never really introduced
myself. So, for the
purposes of brevity:
Hi all :) I'm a student who likes lots of old kit, but doesn't have the
space
or the money to store and buy some really nice stuff.
Most I manage to get
from skips or University department clearouts. I don't seem to have
anything
as interesting as you guys have at home, but for those
who care: Sharp
MZ-80K, Apple ][c, Acorn BBC B, Perkin-Elmer DataStation 3600, Microvax
3600,
MicroVAX 3800, Data General mv2700 (IIRC), a Sun 3/50,
and assorted PCs,
some
Amstrad Word Processors, and a couple of other Suns. I
may have missed
some
things out.
I'm here to learn as much as possible about any equipment, and maybe even
contribute something useful at some point :-)
Dan
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