26 Mar
2012
26 Mar
'12
12:31 p.m.
26 Mar
26 Mar
12:57 p.m.
On 03/26/2012 03:31 PM, Rob wrote:
*spit*
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
2 p.m.
On 3/26/2012 12:57 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 03/26/2012 03:31 PM, Rob wrote:
*spit*
I just watched a show last night with the term SteamPunk in it. You
have no idea what obscene things await artifacts. I'm sure they will
get around to it.
Jim
2:31 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 08:31:05PM +0100, Rob wrote:
"these platters are very scarce" so of course he/she/it had to help the
scarcity along by destroying a few more.
Barbarian.
Kind regards,
Alex.
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"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
2:54 p.m.
hopefully it was a dead one
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Alexander Schreiber <als at thangorodrim.de>wrote:
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 08:31:05PM +0100, Rob wrote:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95511758/vintage-1960s-ibm-disk-platter-aged-to
> *Sobs*
"these platters are very scarce" so of course he/she/it had to help the
scarcity along by destroying a few more.
Barbarian.
Kind regards,
Alex.
--
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
2:59 p.m.
No... wouldn't surprise me in the least bit if it was a working pull,
just out of an active environment, it was wheeled out and the torches
and sawz all's didn't go right to work on it....
Adrian Stoness wrote:
hopefully it was a dead one
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Alexander Schreiber <als at thangorodrim.de>wrote:
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 08:31:05PM +0100, Rob
wrote:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95511758/vintage-1960s-ibm-disk-platter-aged-to
*Sobs*
"these platters are very scarce" so of course he/she/it had to
help the
scarcity along by destroying a few more.
Barbarian.
Kind regards,
Alex.
--
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
2:58 p.m.
On 26/03/2012 22:31, Alexander Schreiber wrote:
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 08:31:05PM +0100, Rob wrote:
"these platters are very scarce" so of course he/she/it had to
help the
scarcity along by destroying a few more.
Barbarian.
Kind regards,
Alex.
I thought I had seen (and bought) some stupid things in my life
put that
takes the biscuit. Its hidious! Those ghastly bits of modern surface
mount PCB with the numbers on.
If you want an IBM clock (and IBM once made many clocks) get one of these:-
http://www.schoolhouseelectric.com/home-and-office/office/clock-wall/ibm-cl…
althought even more expensive than hack
Dave
G4UGM
3:53 p.m.
This one eBay is original and probably goes for less. Although who knows
what IBM clocks go for on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1950s-1960s-IBM-Round-Office-Style-Wall-Clo…
On 3/26/2012 2:58 PM, Dave Wade wrote:
I thought I had seen (and bought) some stupid things
in my life put
that takes the biscuit. Its hidious! Those ghastly bits of modern
surface mount PCB with the numbers on.
If you want an IBM clock (and IBM once made many clocks) get one of
these:-
http://www.schoolhouseelectric.com/home-and-office/office/clock-wall/ibm-cl…
althought even more expensive than hack
Dave
G4UGM
4:04 p.m.
On 03/26/2012 06:53 PM, mc68010 wrote:
This one eBay is original and probably goes for less.
Although who knows
what IBM clocks go for on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1950s-1960s-IBM-Round-Office-Style-Wall-Clo…
I bid on that just this morning. :) It'll make a nice wall clock for
the museum. I hope to be able to get it running. If it's a slave
clock, I'll have to design a driver for it.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
4:57 p.m.
On 3/26/2012 4:04 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 03/26/2012 06:53 PM, mc68010 wrote:
Anything with a second hand on it like that one will usually run fine
off of regular AC; it probably has hardware to allow it to sync with a
master clock near the top of the hour, but it's in no way required to
run the clock as just a standard clock.
- Josh
This one eBay is original and probably goes for
less. Although who knows
what IBM clocks go for on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1950s-1960s-IBM-Round-Office-Style-Wall-Clo…
I bid on that just this morning. :) It'll make a nice wall clock
for the museum. I hope to be able to get it running. If it's a slave
clock, I'll have to design a driver for it.
-Dave
29 Mar
29 Mar
1:35 a.m.
On 03/26/2012 07:57 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
Anything with a second hand on it like that one will usually run fine
off of regular AC; it probably has hardware to allow it to sync with a
master clock near the top of the hour, but it's in no way required to
run the clock as just a standard clock.
Oh ok, very cool, thanks for the info!
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
This one eBay is original and probably goes for less.
Although who knows
what IBM clocks go for on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1950s-1960s-IBM-Round-Office-Style-Wall-Clo…
I bid on that just this morning. :) It'll make a nice wall clock for
the museum. I hope to be able to get it running. If it's a slave
clock, I'll have to design a driver for it. 
27 Mar
27 Mar
5:22 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:
I thought I had seen (and bought) some stupid things
in my life put that
takes the biscuit. Its hidious! Those ghastly bits of modern surface mount
PCB with the numbers on.
If you want an IBM clock (and IBM once made many clocks) get one of these:-
http://www.schoolhouseelectric.com/home-and-office/office/clock-wall/ibm-cl…
Anyone know where to get a replacement glass for one of those? I've
got a couple IBM clocks and one was a casualty of the recent move :(
I don't expect there would be anything but NOS glass available,
probably even more rare than the clocks themselves.
-j
28 Mar
28 Mar
12:06 a.m.
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012, Jason T wrote:
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Dave Wade
<dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:
See http://www.kensclockclinic.com/. He should be able to help.
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I thought I had seen (and bought) some stupid
things in my life put that
takes the biscuit. Its hidious! Those ghastly bits of modern surface mount
PCB with the numbers on.
If you want an IBM clock (and IBM once made many clocks) get one of these:-
http://www.schoolhouseelectric.com/home-and-office/office/clock-wall/ibm-cl…
Anyone know where to get a replacement glass for one of those? I've
got a couple IBM clocks and one was a casualty of the recent move :(
I don't expect there would be anything but NOS glass available,
probably even more rare than the clocks themselves. 
12:42 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:
I asusme it's not just a flat disk of glass (which is what most UK wall
clocks from Smiths, Gents, etc use).
Cutting a glass disk is 'interesting', and if you do iy yourself, expect
a lot of breakages, but it isn't too hard for somebody used to working
with glass.
I thought I had seen (and bought) some stupid
things in my life put that
takes the biscuit. Its hidious! Those ghastly bits of modern surface mount
PCB with the numbers on.
If you want an IBM clock (and IBM once made many clocks) get one of these:-
http://www.schoolhouseelectric.com/home-and-office/office/clock-wall/ibm-cl…
Anyone know where to get a replacement glass for one of those? I've
got a couple IBM clocks and one was a casualty of the recent move :(
I don't expect there would be anything but NOS glass available,
probably even more rare than the clocks themselves.
A fair number of clock parts (for much older clocks) are either being
remanufacutred or made-to-order. You may well find a company that maks
glasses for clocks whoc could make soemthing for this unit. Be warned it
will not be cheap!
-tony
4:58 p.m.
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
I asusme it's not just a flat disk of glass (which
is what most UK wall
clocks from Smiths, Gents, etc use).
Definitely a curved glass "bowl." I've never worked with glass myself
but it will definitely be more akin to casting a new car windshield
than just cutting plate.
A fair number of clock parts (for much older clocks)
are either being
remanufacutred or made-to-order. You may well find a company that maks
glasses for clocks whoc could make soemthing for this unit. Be warned it
will not be cheap!
Yeah, so I figured. My best bet is to find a trashed IBM clock as a
glass donor.
-j
5:40 p.m.
On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, Jason T wrote:
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Tony Duell <ard at
p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
A quick look at Google with "clock" "glass" "replacement"
tells me that
replacement curved glass is neither hard to find nor expensive. Here are
some that look good:
http://www.ofrei.com/page739.html
http://www.timesavers.com/
http://www.atsclock.com/items/ClockParts-clock_crystals_glass.cfm?catID=18
http://www.norkro.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=5
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
I asusme it's not just a flat disk of glass
(which is what most UK wall
clocks from Smiths, Gents, etc use).
Definitely a curved glass "bowl." I've never worked with glass myself
but it will definitely be more akin to casting a new car windshield
than just cutting plate.
A fair number of clock parts (for much older
clocks) are either being
remanufacutred or made-to-order. You may well find a company that maks
glasses for clocks whoc could make soemthing for this unit. Be warned it
will not be cheap!
Yeah, so I figured. My best bet is to find a trashed IBM clock as a
glass donor.
29 Mar
29 Mar
12:15 p.m.
A fair number of clock parts (for much older clocks)
are either being
remanufacutred or made-to-order. You may well find a company that maks
glasses for clocks whoc could make soemthing for this unit. Be warned it
will not be cheap!
Yeah, so I figured. My best bet is to find a trashed IBM clock as a
glass donor.
26 Mar
26 Mar
2:57 p.m.
"Fewer and fewer exist"....
Yes, and more would exist if freak ass "artists" would stop butchering
them and turning them into crap :-/
Rob wrote:
3:22 p.m.
Looks cool to me.
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3:31 p.m.
At 8:31 PM +0100 3/26/12, Rob wrote:
Has anyone stopped to think that security requirements likely
necessitate the destruction of the Pack? Such was the case with the
platter I have that was turned into a plaque.
Zane
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3:52 p.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
Has anyone stopped to think that security requirements
likely
necessitate the destruction of the Pack? Such was the case with the
platter I have that was turned into a plaque.
For security requirements, taking a platter out of the pack is neither
necessary nor sufficient.
If the platter had been taken out and the oxide sanded off or otherwise
removed...
4:08 p.m.
If it were 5.25" or smaller, then None of the techniques of destruction
would be as effective for avoiding unauthorized reading of the disk as
labelling it "Windows 3.1" and putting it into a Packard-Bell case.
Then it could sit on a shelf in plain sight.
30 Mar
30 Mar
10:47 a.m.
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:31:05 +0100
Rob <robert at irrelevant.com> wrote:
Well. I have a disk platter like that one hanging at the wall in my
office at work. (Without the stupid clock stuff.)
It's hanging there to show "metal-cutting data processing":
The platter has some serious traces of multiple head crashes...
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4:06 p.m.
At 12:47 PM 3/30/2012, Jochen Kunz wrote:
Well. I have a disk platter like that one hanging at
the wall in my
office at work. (Without the stupid clock stuff.)
Yes, when I saw this Etsy, I looked up at the bare one on the shelf
not far behind my office chair. I believe I got it from a Burroughs
in the mid-80s that was too large for me to ever consider saving,
that someone else was trashing, and they let me grab bits from it.
- John
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