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F R E N D Z of martian
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Hehe - yeah - a 10MHz one? AC motors run at fixed frequency...
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> F R E N D Z of martian
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> Ummm - you could use an AC motor?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Cosgrave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 26 November 1999 00:28
> To: multiple recipients of
> Subject: Re: Fwd: GeeK: Dangling String
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> F R E N D Z of martian
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> That's a load of mullarkey, isn't it? I went out and bought a motor, an
> ethernet cable and an RJ45 socket. Wired them all together, nothing
> happened.
> 'Damn' I thought, ethernet is an AC signal. Deconstructed a telephone for a
> diode for a half-rectifier. Still nothing. Tried the piezo sounder from the
> phone, in AC and DC modes. No joy.
>
> So how do I wire this motor into my ethernet and get it to spin when traffic
> passes?
>
> martian
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> On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Martin Cosgrave wrote:
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> > Lo tech meets high tech to produce 'calm technology' - in this case, a
> dangling
> > string connected to a motor which interfaces to your network - and shows
> how
> > busy it is...
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> > Subject: GeeK: Dangling String
> > Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 16:09:01 +0100
> > From: harm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >
> > http://www8.electriciti.com/1.01/calmtech.html
> >
> > The Dangling String
> >
> > Bits flowing through the wires of a computer network are
> > ordinarily invisible. But a radically new tool shows those
> > bits through motion, sound, and even touch. It
> > communicates both light and heavy network traffic. Its
> > output is so beautifully integrated with human information
> > processing that one does not even need to be looking at
> > it or near it to take advantage of its peripheral clues. It
> > takes no space on your existing computer screen, and in
> > fact does not use or contain a computer at all. It uses no
> > software, only a few dollars in hardware, and can be
> > shared by many people at the same time. It is called the
> > "Dangling String."
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