On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Lawrence Sweeney wrote: > does anyone attending the meeting tonight have an old floppy drive, > where the heads have gone(or something), but the motor still works. I > want a motor for a secret project :-)
I have a floppy that fits the bill, you're welcome to do what you want with it. > http://www.ohmslaw.com/robot.htm > > Has anyone tried anything similar? Well, me and my mate managed to hot-wire a floppy so the (main spindle) motor was always on. This was moderately involved, but using the wiring in the web page looks a lot easier. We couldn't think of anything to do with it, so its currently sitting in his lab (just the circuit board). Might have a go at building the buggy :^) > I'll be a bit late for the meeting tonight, but I'll make it if I find it. This is the only problem. I've got a tonne of work to get through tonight, so I might not make it until later (if at all). Hopefully I'll see you later ... > perl >-e'map{$:=$"x64;substr$:,sin(++$a/8)<<5+32,=chr$_+22;print$:,$/;select$.,$.,$.,.1}("6177899454634910"x7)=~/../g' Warming up for the obfuscated programming competition? Paul. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul Millar yo-yo, n. : Particle Physics Theory Group Something that is occasionally Department of Physics and Astronomy up but normally down. University of Glasgow, (see also Computer) Glasgow G12 8QQ, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scotland +44 (0)141 330 4717 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
