Will Dye wrote:

> Audio "background monitoring" information is an
> excellent and relatively easy way to start, IMO.

Old computer operator trick:  I used to have a job where the printer was
balky and remote.  I used to listen to the radio a lot at that job, and it
didn't take long to notice that a lot of interference was coming from
somewhere close.  I put an AM radio near the printer cable (RS232) and after
fiddling around, set it to somewhere around 550 KHz, and cranked up the
volume.  It was one of those big, empty warehouse like places, and I worked
at night, so, although the printer was in an acoustic shield, I was able to
hear the RF almost anywhere on the floor (including way over at the window
where I would go and get high) and know whether things were still running
smoothly.  After a fairly short while, I could tell where the page breaks
were and I could tell one report from another just by the rhythm and pitch
of the RF.

These days, though, I use the sound card for so many other things that I
probably wouldn't want to have an audio freenet feedback.  A little visual
gadget might be nice though!


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