->  WC> If it's crack she'll soon be stealing and prostituting herself if not
->  WC> already.

-> I suspect there was some of that as soon as she moved in. I don't think the
-> theft was too extensive, but the vehicle traffic for a while was bordering on
-> the ridiculous.

Yeah, once they burn a rock they're looking for the next one.

->  ->  WC> Vacuum Tube Volt Meter, very high input impedence for little
->  ->  WC> loading effect.
->  
->  -> I suspect a Kipp & Zonen here might be the same. How 
->  -> would one check for the
->  -> impedance? Meter the meter...         

->  WC> They use FETs today.     

-> By the box alone, I'd suspect this one as being made in the '70s, so I doubt
-> it'd use 'em. Someone suggested there were inductors to influence a
-> pendulum-mirror arrangement. I should tear into it a little more on of these
-> days. It requires power, but most of that is likely for the light. 

Not sure what the inductor would be for.

->  WC> One job I had the boss had built a regulated supply for a very heavy
->  WC> current draw and he was shocked that the voltmeter read some 90 volts
->  WC> instead of the expected 5 volt regulated.

->  WC> I then put a low current 12 volt lamp across the supply and had my
->  WC> boss test it again and it showed the proper voltage.
->  WC> That small load swamped the leakage current.
->  
-> As it was supposed to regulate: you had a bad junction in the last transistor?

Nope, the meter's impedence was just so high it read the inconsequential
leakage current.

-> The Linux box here must have blown some of its rectifier bridge. It was still
-> measuring 15V, but it's 3A never came up to snuff. Instead of tearing it apart,
-> I picked a competitors PS up and spliced on the right plug. I might pull the
-> old one apart just for curiosity.

Pulled an AT supply apart not long ago and man it
was filthy.

->  -> Either you were building a Jacob's ladder, or a radio station? <-;

->  WC> Neighter, experimental.
->  WC> It put out a pretty stiff 30k volts at enough current to set cardboard
->  WC> afire in 1 second.

->  WC> I once caught the back EMF from the primary alone and it
->  WC> was a real wakeup call, I don't want to know what the secondary 
->  WC> would feel like, likely lethal.
->  
-> ...But, back EMF from a transformer? You must have drained the caps on the
-> other side while it was idle.

No, I broke the power connection and got the kick.
Very simple system of externally would center tapped coil on
a salvaged color T.V. flyback driven by push - pull oscillator  
and some hefty transitors.

->  ->  WC> I've heard Antec  spoken well of.
->  
->  WC> They've got a 450 watt supply as well as fanless heat sinked PS's
->  WC> known as their Phantom series.

-> Oh... They assemble systems. I've heard of them. I was thinking they made the
-> MB. I'll likely go the kit route, and purchase a PS separately, or sell the
-> case as surplus if that is how it is packaged.

I didn't know they made systems.

->  ->  WC> Mine's black and white with a white blaze down the center of
->  ->  WC> the top of his head through the snout.

->  WC> There's also the brindel or red nose Pit for three.
->  
->  WC> Yeah, spinal injury.
->  WC> He's om steroids for that and they've been working well the last two
->  WC> years.
->  WC> The spinal injuries are from the original owners that wanted
->  WC> to make him into an attack dog.

-> Attack dog: Unless he knows what he is doing, and prepared for the results.

->  WC> I put a very abrupt end to that type of behavior as soon
->  WC> as he came into my possession.
->  
-> It's an easier life for dog and man.

The dog's happier and he only seeks to please which makes his
behavior rather easy to live with.

->  -> Who hasn't? Spanky is his nickname then? The Our Gang
->  -> dog Spot was a Pit, but I
->  -> suspect you knew that.     

->  WC> Just old enough to have seen that early B&W show.
->  WC> That's what the original owners named him from.

-> Well, Spanky was a kid's character. Wasn't he the overweight one? 

Yeah.
Seems tradgedy followed most of the cast with the latest being
Robert Blake, seems the _curse_ caught up with him.   

-> I made a
-> POINT of watching every episode I could once a week. Wish I grabbed the DVD at
-> Wallmart, but by the time I had purchased what I came for, it seemed to have
-> been snapped up. I didn't have that much leg time to go diggin' in the bin for
-> another one. /-:

->  -> They're just doin' what comes naturally. Their muscle 
->  -> mass alone can get them
->  -> through many scrapes. 
->  WC> 
->  WC> They are not only tough but seem virtually immune to pain.

-> A fellow I knew, told me they have the densest muscle-mass of any mammal.

I'm a believer.

->  WC> Spanky had severe punctures from the attack but no foaming, bubbles
->  WC> or much bleeding at all, I bled a LOT worse.
->  WC> So guessing no airway or arteries were injured and fearing an old
->  WC> dog put under anesthetic  might not awake from same after suturing
->  WC> I treated him at home with peroxide and betadine.
->  WC> Wounds completely healed in a month but a great deal of surface
->  WC> hemorraghing persisted for another month and a half.

-> Betadine is a product name?

Think Iodine without the ouch factor.
It's also swabbed onto the site of surgeries to sterilize.

->  WC> I'm eating a very spartan diet so as to save up for a new drive and 
->  WC> I/O card.
->  WC> Looking for the second week of April to get them and this time
->  WC> Windows won't be loaded!!!

-> Oh... have I been there! Until my mortgage was paid, and for the get in-out the
-> kitchen factor, I can't tell you how many meals of pasta and canned beans I've
-> eaten. Now that I can get to the stove a little bit longer, I've been able to
-> vary the diet a little.     

I eat a lot of rehydrated beans, rice, carrots prepared in a pressure
cooker with a bit of sausage and soy sauce for flavor.
Nariety I don't get much of due to the carry weight travel
factor.

-> This is my last lean year, as I had to borrow money to sock up the retirement
-> plan - tax deductible - because the union disbursed a fund this past tax year.
-> House needed a roof, bills needed to be paid, government kept a third... Now, I
-> hope to see some of that government $ back. Daddy needs new shoes! ;-)

Just got two pair myself.

->  WC> I've a hardware modem, hardware sound card and have researched
->  WC> Linux printers.
->  WC> Though they require drivers Lexmark is mentioned as having
->  WC> support from their manufacturer. 

-> ...Which is a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM, if I read it right. I'd never go
-> the ink/bubble route again. I got sick of the expendables, and I think one of
-> mine is either clogged big time, or just giving up the will to work any more.
-> As I never print that often, I was always cleaning the heads, I probably put as
-> much ink into that as I did paper.  

My Canon lasted 13 years on just the three cartridges.
I refilled them over and over again. Occassionally clogged
I'd set the head on some lint free warm damp cloth or paper
to clear them.

-> I did pick up a few Okidata LED printers that needs their drum replaced. As
-> long as I can afford the first sheet to be botched, the rest of any job usually
-> works out fine. There will come a day when they will get expensive to keep in
-> service, but I'll likely keep the best of that lot going.

-> Sheesh... I've got four gel-cells that need replacing for UPSes. Prescription
-> glasses I've been going without... I was glad to see some old Techtronix
-> dye-sublimation printers are supported by Linux. I picked a few of those up at
-> auction/second hand. Windows support for those is via a $200 executable from a
-> third party manufacturer. No wonder why I got them so cheep. 

Saw a B&W LASER printer somewhere for 200 new.
                                    
-> Sure glad we have a free recycling program here! [-|{

This machine is a recycle from an aggrevated owner who tossed it.
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