On 04/01/2019 11:27 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
I'd have done the same, except I'd have added a flyback diode across the
solenoid to absorb the shutoff pulse from the solenoid. Perhaps with a
small r in series to absorb more of the stored energy in the R.
I'm pretty sure the diode must have been ther
Greetings guys;
The psu in this machine refused to restart after a power down to eject 2
hard drives to protect them from a netinstall of stretch, so that got
sidetracked while I ran down another supply from a friend up in Jane
Lew, and its running on that one now.
So once I was running again
On Monday 01 April 2019 11:31:08 Jon Elson wrote:
> On 04/01/2019 06:24 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > It once took me around 3 years to find an engineering
> > goofup by Chyron.
>
> Well, here's one crazy fault that I finally debugged. It
> was a rack-mount mag tape controller for a PDP-11, made by
Andy,
> > Went looking for some tintable alkyd enamel paint today to match the mill
>> so I could paint the CNC cabinet. What a wasted day. No one carries this
> >anymore.
> Can you get this in the US?
> https://www.smithandallan.com/products/tractol-paint/1447-tractol-329-
> single-pack-machine
On 04/01/2019 06:24 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
It once took me around 3 years to find an engineering
goofup by Chyron.
Well, here's one crazy fault that I finally debugged. It
was a rack-mount mag tape controller for a PDP-11, made by
Datum. Basically one huge 15" square board in an aluminum 3U
On Monday 01 April 2019 01:09:59 John Dammeyer wrote:
> Hi Gene,
>
> > And yes that supply s/b installed so it can be swapped out for a
> > fresh one easily, the capacitors WILL die, sometimes a horribly
> > messy death. Least dependable part in any system. We need to invent
> > something more dep
I am not sure what I am meant to do any more. So I have top, middle
and bottom posted to annoy everyone equally.
Can you get this in the US?
https://www.smithandallan.com/products/tractol-paint/1447-tractol-329-single-pack-machinery-enamel-all-colours/
(Click on the "Select colour" button to see t
On 01/04/2019 01:05, John Dammeyer wrote:
It's not just the order of posting---it's also the courteous habit of
editing the post
I agree.
If top posters simply switched off 'quote message' things would be a lot
tidier? The worst part is the dozens of 'sigs' that some client software
does not
