-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

Huge snip of anti-malware advise saved to file, thanks.

 WC> They need to, unbelieveable stuff in there these days,
 WC> really looks Sci-Fi to me it's come so far. A lot of
 WC> familiar stuff as well.

 CA> I felt that way after a decade had passed and I discovered
 CA> surface mount and read some projects gluing them to business
 CA> cards and writing the 'trace' with a lead pencil. It seemed
 CA> like black magic! With my previous eyesight this would've been
 CA> right up my alley. Too bad it took so long to develop. :-\

Yeah this stuff seems on an exponential upward curve.
What's it been over ten years since talking greeting cards
and calculators which when taken apart reveal, keyboad,
battery and a small blob of epoxy in which the SMT chip resides.

 WC> There were a number of pages of high grade UPS's in there
 WC> designed for servers at a little over double the price of
 WC> one to be had at a computer shop.

 CA> The San Diego company I mentioned in another message also sells
 CA> used UPS at ridiculously low prices.

I'll have to snag a packet off of Chowdanet and retrieve that
URL I recall seeing. 

 WC> Currently e-mailing myself a file attach 6 meg compilation
 WC> of JPG's across the room a distance of ten feet.

 CA> You need null cables until your networking is established.

You've got that right.
www.jameco.com has some interesting stuff along those lines.
Pricey but if you're selective about what you buy...

 
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