Re: Cray Research 1984 Sun Dial

2012-04-26 Thread Bill Gottesman
I own one, from ebay.  It is unique in that the numerals are in binary.  There are many chinese characters on the dial face, but I do not know what they mean.  I have photos if any one wants a stab at deciphering them. -Bill On 4/26/2012 2:26 PM, J M wrote: A frie

Cray Research 1984 Sun Dial

2012-04-26 Thread J M
A friend of mine noticed this sundial on e-bay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cray-Research-1984-Sun-Dial-/300693750335?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4602be823f#ht_500wt_1105 I got a clock or two over the years but never a sundial. I've never worked for Cray. Anyone familiar with this piece of Cray

Re: BSS website

2012-04-26 Thread Frank King
Dear Roger et al, You are right that the BSS website is down at the moment. This has been confirmed as a problem with the server at the ISP and it is not just the BSS site that is suffering. My apologies to all who are inconvenienced. It seems this is a challenging problem to fix. Frank King Fo

BSS website

2012-04-26 Thread Granny Arby
I am having difficulty accessing the BSS website http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/ Is it my wifi connection in a hotel in Mallorca or some other problem. Everry other website I tried connected easily but not any of the ways I tried to connect to the BSS. I am interested in a formula in the glossery