On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 at 10:23:27,
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>> I was having a nice time. Not only (via MSN) was getting some worldnews
>> problem sorted out in Kuala Lumpur, but was 'chatting' to Ben at home,
>> and failing to sort out
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>
>OKAY OKAY we got it! :-D
he he - I thought you would 'like' that.
>
>> I was using puTTY to get into my Linux system.
>
>putty is great. I am using that for my aueb.gr account and it's "like
>being there" :-)
Better than being there often.
... and have you noticed how it cleverly passes the highlighted text to
CTRL V outside.
>
>
>>> It's not everyday that you get 80% of the QL's hardware gurus in one
>>> place (Keith Mitchell, Stuart Honeyball and Tony Firshman...)
>> Who is the other three quarter of a person?
>> Nasta is two for starters (8-)#
>
>Ha. In fairness I assigned 1 to 1 ; Okay the portions may not be right
>but the other two gurus are of course Nasta and Peter.
I would add Robin Barker and Ron Dunnet to that.
I suppose (very reluctantly) Falkenburg. I won't tell you my stories
about his keyboard interface publicly.
>
>
>>> probably a little lightheaded due to Guinness (two Ns, two Ss) granted
>>> but nonetheless invaluable...
>
>> Stuart and I had none that day (so far) but about 9 the previous day
>> (8-)#
>
>That, we believe ONLY IF WE WANT ;-)
It was true - honest....
>
>What I cannot understand however is the form of gene therapy you both
>are submitted too. I am now fairly convinced that the reason Stuart
>abandoned the mainstream QL world was to develop his top secret: "Super
>Ultra Gold Gene Manipulator"(TM).
>
>It is uncanny how much you and him look alike nowadays ;-)
Indeed (8-)#
>
>> Still, cycling up (from sea level) to the highest village in Ireland got
>> rid of most of the Guinness up to then. I had to take an emergency
>> orange - my thigh muscles gave up with cramp!).
>
>Pah! No way Jose! Tony Firshman and Cramp are not three words that can
>go in the same sentence together ;-)
Then there must have been iron spikes in my trousers.
It is Stuart who is the fit one. I must confess on one very steep hill,
I borrowed Stuart's bike with gearing that can go up vertical surfaces.
He took my bike and both rucksacks!
>> I have always used Antex. When I used the unregulated mains voltage
>> ones, I used to change elements very regularly. Now I use 24 volt ones
>> and temperature regulated (six years now) I have not had to change one
>> element - well worth the extra cost.
><heat guns>
>Maybe on the next show if you attend it, you could give me a few pointers?
The next US you mean? No good as mine is 240v. You would have tyo
bring your own.
Certainly - remind me nearer the time.
Now that is an idea. People complain that there are no longer any
talks. I could give a QL hardware repair talk along with de-soldering
demos.
>
>> This method is no good for the edge connector, but allows removal
>> (undamaged) of the connector in less than a minute often. Solder
>> sucking is then easy (braid is better - Chem Lite is the best braid) -
>> especially while the board is hot. I often re-heat the empty hole.
>>
>
>I will be noting all this for reference of course. Indeed I have picked
>up more info regarding soldering/desoldering and rework from this list,
>you and Zeljko than anybody else. You and Nasta are the reason that my
>Aurora has now proper IDC connectors everywhere
Arghh yes. What a stupid decision it was not to put them on.
I went to enormous troubles to get the proper sockets made - had to have
them specially made for me, only to find no Aurora's (bar yours) have
the proper sockets. I asked Ron how much he paid for his DIL plugs, and
then found the 'proper' ones cheaper!
I know of two RomDisqs that have been destroyed.
My Aurora convertor is labelled, and the RD is fitted over the pcb.
The unlabelled ones illogically fly outside the pcb.
> (plus extra power pins). My desoldering pump although powerful is
>really for the dogs and without proper info I would have never been
>able to pull it off ;-)
Pull what off the dogs?
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