WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to JAMES BRADLEY, "Tap tap tap..."

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

So I've heard. I've tried it, but never found the same to be true.

 ->  ->  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
 ->...
 -> it'd use 'em. Someone suggested there were inductors to influence a
 -> pendulum-mirror arrangement. I should tear into it a

 WC> Not sure what the inductor would be for.

I think they called it a coil, but...  From the brief look inside, it seems
to attract or repel the mirror arrangement.

 -> 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.

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

This machine works by 15V DC alone. It's a sealed PS, like a laptop. Not a wall
wart, but a middle-of-the-cord wart. One summer day, the machine started
spontaneously rebooting, then it didn't come up at all. I think the PS found
its way under a sofa cushion, and overheated.

 -> ...But, back EMF from a transformer? You must have drained the caps on the
 -> other side while it was idle.

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

That was the ground-centre tap you touched then.

 ->  ->  WC> I've heard Antec  spoken well of.
 ->
 -> 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.

 WC> I didn't know they made systems.

Back up one step. They do then make the MBs? I thought I heard them spoken of
regarding their systems assembly. By your explanation, I gathered with the
fanless CPU heatsink, and 450W PS... 

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

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

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

He played one of the tough guys, didn't he? Guess he brought his fictional life
into the real world by the sounds of things. I remember the Buckweat
controversy a while ago, where some store clerk was passing himself off as the
same. Turned out The real guy died years ago trying to weasel some drugs out of
a gangster.

 ->  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?

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

Figured as much. My Spaniel-Terrier had a busted tenon when he chased a shepard
pup, and the pup stopped running. When he put the brakes on so hard, the
passenger side-rear line let go.

 ->  WC> I'm eating a very spartan diet so as to save up for a new drive and

 -> 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.

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

That's right. You're on the bus! It sounds like you're eating well enough
though. Simple prep too, no less. The stories of those Viat-cong living for a
week on one handful of beans, and rice usually puts Westerners minds into
disbelief. They'd eat them undercooked, and drink water through the day to
re-hydrate their stomach content. 

On withdrawal, I fasted for ten days out of necessity, and I knew it wouldn't
do my detox any harm if I did it right. When I could get up again, I started
out with fresh fruit, teas, then rice and peas mostly. Onion sure helped the
cause too.

 -> hope to see some of that government $ back. Daddy needs new shoes! ;-)

 WC> Just got two pair myself.

I try to visit the Sally-Ann whenever I can, but there doesn't seem to be much
there lately. My current work-boots and walking shoes were from dumpster dives.
Those were the days. 

 ->  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.

I'll bet they are just happy to support *any* non-Windows user alive.

 -> ...Which is a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM, if I read

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

That's a good plan. I too was refilling the two Canons I have here. I think
they are about nine YO. One seems to be shutting down, but the other was still
OK last time I ran it.

 -> third party manufacturer. No wonder why I got them so cheep. 

 WC> Saw a B&W LASER printer somewhere for 200 new.

Wa? Must be a "Win-printer". Everything on a consumer grade level
just seems to
be built to last through the warranty.

 -> Sure glad we have a free recycling program here! [-|{

 WC> This machine is a recycle from an aggrevated owner who tossed

Ya... I've so many un-garbaged machines, it's time to replenish the earth with
them. 


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