01 Sep 97 01:23, Rich Lockyer was yackin' to Ian Macaulay and said:
 RL> ~8-)... I take them and never get them developed!  I've probably
 RL> got 20 rolls or airshow pictures from the last 10 years.
Take em to a shit cheap lab.  You can always get the negs printed but once 
they decay the shot is lost for good.
 RL> Speaking of stamps... I found a couple of oldies today cleaning
 RL> out the glovebox in the car.  A couple were no big deal, standard
 RL> six-cent Ike stamps, but one is an Apollo 8 stamp with the
 RL> Earthrise and the words "In the beginning, God" How times have
 RL> changed... there would be no way to get that one issued today.
May 5 69, That is the half earth issue.  Course i don't have that memorized 
but have a good catalog handy at all times.
 RL> No, my car isn't that old (*I* barely remember the moon shots
 RL> before Apollo 11)... I think they were put there after a visit to
 RL> a yard sale last year.
Well if you ever need it, let my mailbox be your garbage can:-)
 RL> Go top quality all the way... if you don't, you'll be no better
 RL> off than paint Shop Pro and a Logitech hand scanner if you know
 RL> what I mean.  Any compromise will show in your prints.  If you
 RL> can't afford a CLP along with everything else, you can probably
 RL> take the files to a place like Kinko's to have them printed.
Top quality is 20 grand for a reader, scanner.  The writer is probably 
another 5.  I think that under the circumstances i will put up with a mid to 
low end product:-)  I was looking at a scanner for a thousand a year or so 
ago. It dropped to 499 nad then dissappeared from the market.  My brother had 
access to one for a while but I never got to see the output so didn't really 
persue it.  I am now though.
 IM>> I also have a collection of plastic pickup truck models,
 IM>> some built, but most NIB.
 RL> My kits didn't last a day before they were started... and I
 RL> usually didn't sleep until they were done.
I have been buying two or three of each:-) Ane when you buy em ten at once 
the urge to do em diminishes quicker.
 RL> Tube? Oh man... Should have said something here... I would have
 RL> paid shipping on the whole unit just to get hold of those
 RL> transformers!
Just the transformers?  What about the tubes?  I'll trade Tubes for stamps:-)
 RL> It probably came close to blowing the output transformer.
 RL> Well... no, it probably DID blow it, but it may have only shorted
 RL> a couple of windings so you still had sound, but the impedance
 RL> mismatch affected the frequency response and power level.
Could be something like that that finally did it in.  It did function when I 
chucked it.  Just not well.  It was a 60 per channel and it was a real 
powerhouse.  No receiver, just amp.
 RL> Tube amps are very touchy about impedance... too high and the
 RL> tubes will unload and arc internally, two low and the current
 RL> draw causes the plates to overheat, which CAN cause them to warp,
 RL> blowing a lot of things if they touch the grid.
I used to love playing with the tube stuff and then moved on to digital 
stuff, I never really understood the circuitry in either till the digital 
pathes were acheived.  Nowadays I am in the wilderness till someboidy needa a 
board repaired:-)
allabes
Ian Macaulay
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