On Sat, 2002-08-03 at 11:30, John Carmack wrote: > I have been using IDE-Flash drives, which emulate IDE at the hardware > level, instead of DOCs, which emulate at the bios level. > > DOCs should still be perfectly usable, but you have to go through a lot > more linux crap than I wanted to to make it the boot device. >
We have had nothing but problems with the DOC, and think that part of the problem is the PC104 itself. So we are buying a new PC104 board, and getting an IDE-Flash drive for it. This also has the benefit of reducing the number of boards in the stack, as we will be getting the Diamond Prometheus with builtin A/D. > > Kevin has obtained peroxide quotes from the local Solvay Interox > >distributor. He will print out the prices and spec sheets for the five grades > >they offer so that a purchasing decision can be made at the next meeting. > > I would be interested in hearing about the quotes. > Quotes are for 50% food grade ($.85/lb) and 50% technical grade ($.65/lb). > > Our contract machinist is waiting for a sample of the alloy we > >plan to use for the engines, so that he can estimate the difficulty of > >making the parts we need. > > What alloy? Any reason you aren't using plain old 316? > HH120, I think. One of the Hastealloys anyway. We want to get the weight down. Dave _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
