21 Dec
1998
21 Dec
'98
4:03 p.m.
Okay. Let's try again. When it says it wants 7
amps at 115, does it
ALWAYS
want 7 amps at 115volts? or only when the computer
it's driving really
wants
all 300 watts it can put out?
It would have to be an awfully inefficient switched to draw 7 amps at full
load.(300w). I would guess that there is a second NEMA connector to plug a
monitor into. The load of that AND the PC at full loading(spinning up HD's
etc.) might add up to 7 amps @ 115v
Dan
21 Dec
21 Dec
6:14 p.m.
"Daniel T. Burrows" <dburrows(a)netpath.net> wrote:
It would have to be an awfully inefficient switched to
draw 7 amps at full
load.(300w).
The 7A figure (for the AC input) printed on the supply is the peak current;
the power supply will not ever draw 7A continuous.
Keep in mind that for AC, it is NOT necessarily the case that
watts = volts * amps. That relation is only true for a perfectly resistive
load. For such a load, the voltage vs. time and current vs. time waveforms
and sinusoidal and exactly in phase.
Most computers and other devices with switching power supplies present a
highly non-linear load and draw a disproportionate fraction of their power
consumption at the peaks of the cycle.
If the computer consumed 300W on 115V mains and presented a perfectly
resistive load, you would expect the average current to be about 2.6A, and
the maximum to be about 3.7A (at the peak of the cycle when the line voltage
is around 170V). But because it is not a resistive load, it actually will
draw more than 3.7A peak.
This is why the maximum load of a UPS is rated in VA or KVA, rather than in
watts.
Inductive loads are even less well-behaved than switching power supplies.
Their current waveform is sinusoidal, but out of phase with the voltage.
The electric utilities don't like this very much, which is why Power Factor
Correction has become such a big thing recently.
Eric
22 Dec
22 Dec
5:55 p.m.
New subject: Actually On-Topic: Art Bell's Webcam...
A good friend of mine gave Art Bell a picture from the movie "Somewhere in
Time", which Art is holding up in front of his webcam in his home as we
speak (type?? ;-)... Art also mentioned my friend's name on the air!
Anywho, in the background is a very *classic* Commodore - methinks a 64
(weren't they darker than the VIC's???) sittint atop a commie monitor!
Just thought you'd like to know.
http://www.artbell.com/livecam.html
(and you may have to click on the "studiocam" link.)
Have fun, and happy holidaze!!!
"Merch"
6 p.m.
New subject: Actually On-Topic: Art Bell's Webcam...
A good friend of mine gave Art Bell a picture from the
movie "Somewhere in
Time", which Art is holding up in front of his webcam in his home as we
speak (type?? ;-)... Art also mentioned my friend's name on the air!
Anywho, in the background is a very *classic* Commodore - methinks a 64
(weren't they darker than the VIC's???) sittint atop a commie monitor!
Yup. It's the wrong color to be a VIC 20. Their keyboards were black instead
of brown, too, as I recall.
--
Jim Strickland
jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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23 Dec
23 Dec
3:40 a.m.
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22 Dec
22 Dec
6 p.m.
New subject: Actually On-Topic: Art Bell's Webcam...
It's a C-64 and a 1702 monitor. Now then, just who the H*** is Art Bell?
This is the second time his name has come up in a subject, in a mailing
list that I'm in.
Zane
A good friend of mine gave Art Bell a picture from the
movie "Somewhere in
Time", which Art is holding up in front of his webcam in his home as we
speak (type?? ;-)... Art also mentioned my friend's name on the air!
Anywho, in the background is a very *classic* Commodore - methinks a 64
(weren't they darker than the VIC's???) sittint atop a commie monitor!
Just thought you'd like to know.
http://www.artbell.com/livecam.html
(and you may have to click on the "studiocam" link.)
Have fun, and happy holidaze!!!
"Merch"
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6:19 p.m.
New subject: Actually On-Topic: Art Bell's Webcam...
Once upon a midnight dreary, Zane H. Healy had spoken clearly:
It's a C-64 and a 1702 monitor. Now then, just who
the H*** is Art Bell?
This is the second time his name has come up in a subject, in a mailing
list that I'm in.
ObComputer: That's what I thought they were, but I was never a Commie expert.
ObArtBell: Right behind the picture of one of my favorite actresses of all
time, Jane Seymour.
Uh, oh, you said *who* not *where*. Sorry. (Dyslexia). He's an all-night
radio host who opens his show to a whole bunch of weirdos about "when man
emigrated from Mars to the Earth" and "I just invented a drug that will
allow Man to live forever" and other really weird shit like that. He's
actually a little more conservetive than the psycho's that call on his
show, but he's still fairly "out there." He's got quite the cult
following
all across the country, and currently has the "most listened to all-nite
radio talk show" in the US, possibly the world. (dunno if any xlations
exist for his show.)
Oh, and a change from my original post - the pix was taken during Art's
live broadcast - not quite this recently. I didn't notice the timestamp.
Sorry.
Have fun, and Happy Holidaze!
"Merch"
8:37 p.m.
New subject: Heath Catalogs for sale
In reading through the Heathkit listserver, I ran across this message.
Contact the author directly as I am just relaying the message.
Subject:
Heath catalogs FS
Date:
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 23:48:25 EST
From:
Chuck Penson <wa7zze(a)JUNO.COM>
Am thinning my collection and have a few Heath catalogs to sell. Prices
and condition as indicated.
Cheers,
Chuck / WA7ZZE
1960 Jan VG $25
1971 810 EX $25 gloss paper general catalog
1974 801 G $20 index sticker on front
1974 810 G $20 index sticker on front
1975 Jan VG $20 index sticker on front
1976 807R EX $20
1976 809R VG $20 index sticker on front
1977 814R VG $20
1977 815R G $20 index sticker on front
1977 817R VG $20
1977 817R VG $20 index sticker on front
1978 819 EX $20
1978 819R VG $20 index sticker on front
1978 820R G $20
1978 820R VG $20
1978 841R VG $20 index sticker on front
1979 843R G $20 index sticker on front
1979 844R VG $20 index sticker on front
1979 845 G $20
1979 864R G $20 index sticker on front
1980 849R EX $20
1980 850 EX $20
1981 852R VG $15 index sticker on front
1981 852R VG $15 index sticker on front
1981 Xmas VG $15 index sticker on front
1982 857 VG $15 index sticker on front
1982 859R VG $15
1983 861 EX $15
1983 Xmas VG $15
1984 864R EX $15
1984 864R VG $15
1984 865R EX $15
1984 865R G $12 index sticker on front
1984 865R VG $15
1984 866R VG $15 index sticker on front
1984 Xmas G $15
1985 868R G $15
1985 870R EX $15
1985 870R VG $15
1985 Xmas VG $15
1986 202R VG $15
1986 203R EX $15
1986 204R EX $15
1987 206R EX $15
1987 206R VG $15 index sticker on front
1987 207 VG $15
1987 207R EX $15
1987 208R EX $15
1987 Xmas VG $15 index sticker on front
1988 211 VG $12
1988 211R G $15 index sticker on front
1988 213 VG $15
1988 Xmas G $15
1989 217 VG $12
1989 Fall VG $12
1990 219 EX $12
1990 219 EX $12
1990 219 EX $12
1990 221 VG $12
1990 Xmas EX $12
1991 223 EX $12
1991 224 EX $12 "sale" catalog blowing out the last of the kits
23 Dec
23 Dec
5:55 p.m.
New subject: NOW OT: Re: Actually On-Topic: Art Bell's Webcam...
On Wed, 23 Dec 1998, Roger Merchberger wrote:
Uh, oh, you said *who* not *where*. Sorry. (Dyslexia).
He's an all-night
radio host who opens his show to a whole bunch of weirdos about "when man
emigrated from Mars to the Earth" and "I just invented a drug that will
allow Man to live forever" and other really weird shit like that. He's
actually a little more conservetive than the psycho's that call on his
show, but he's still fairly "out there." He's got quite the cult
following
all across the country, and currently has the "most listened to all-nite
radio talk show" in the US, possibly the world. (dunno if any xlations
exist for his show.)
Didn't Art Bell just go off the air for some reason shrouded in mystery
recently? Is he now back on again or something?
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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