... Oh man. I've been going to hamfests since I was eight years old. (35 years!) ... Well...more "ham radio" gear; "shortwave" is a fairly nondescriptive term...
... This sounds great. Back in 1990-1992, I was working split-time as both a network admin (VMS and IRIX) and a programmer, and in the latter role I worked...
... Ugh!! There are WAY too many clueless people in our field. Way too many. ... I suppose that depends entirely on the complexity of the task of course....
... Ohhh yes. More variants than even in the ARM7 ecosystem, it seems. My favorite from the Old Days(tm) was the Philips 87C751; a windowed skinny-dip package...
... Most of my boards are laid out on 6x6 rules, 6mil trace width and 6mil spacing. The processors I usually work with (in this case a Philips...erm, "NXP"...
... Just to jump in here...The book by Andy Johnson-Laird? I bought a copy of that book new in the 80s, it is (IMO) absolutely indispensable for anyone doing...
... Hmmm... Well, if that's the way it's gonna be, then maybe I should pack my car full like previous years. Let's see, I should be able to get an H8, a...
... Which reminds me, please tell us/me what your power requirements are going to be for these exhibits asap. The tentative plan is that all of them will be...
If Jon ends up not being able to send you a disk, let me know. Either of us can simply generate a new disk from an existing CP/M system that works, but he has...
... I'm really looking forward to meeting you in person at the VCF. I went to my first hamfest at about ten. Anyway, are you (or any other MARCHers) coming to...
... I will this weekend. Have any power improvements been made? Last time I was in there we had two or maybe three working circuits for the room, and one with...
... I'll be they're. :-) Seriously, my wife, my friend Jonathan, and I will have a vendor table inside the Cow Palace, as we have had every year, for at lest...
in the range of 13" - 19" - must be working They are harder to find than you would think - most of them apparently have found their way to the landfill by now....
... I estimate my equipment will draw between 9 and 10 amps: HP 2109E CPU HP 9895A dual 8" HP-IB floppy drives HP 2647A terminal Dell WS530 (for HPDrive...
... Hey what's this big red button for (mainframe people can't take a joke). When I was working for AT&T as technical sales support for managed networks, I...
... I have several working ones as well - if Dan doesn't find anything, I most definitely can bring one/two/three. Color or black and white? Any preference on...
... I'm tired today, so I didn't think to say that I'll put a sign on my table, with my name, so that anyone who hasn't met me will know who we are. - Alex...
... Likewise!! ... Sadly not; I'm under the gun to get this new controller finished for work. I do miss Timonium, though. One year, probably 2000 or maybe...
... This is always a good idea. Far too many times at gatherings like that I've stood there having an interesting conversation with someone and didn't know it...
... That didn't work out so good last time. Some real improvements to the wiring really need to be made if anyone wants to bring any large machines to exhibit...
