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From: John Larkin on 18 Dec 2009 13:51 On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:43:59 -0600, Jim Yanik <jyanik(a)abuse.gov> wrote: >"Tim Williams" <tmoranwms(a)charter.net> wrote in >news:hg3l20$kf0$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > >> "John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in >> message news:4ogai51nv3vosmev14ug9mljcp10059368(a)4ax.com... >>> The 545-547 scope front panels were wonderful. You could grab a fist >>> full of knob, with serious detents, and wail away. They were a >>> pleasure to drive. >>> >>> Kids these days. >> >> You've got a point about "fistful of knob" and "drive". > >well,those tube monsters had REAL switches in them! And cruised around on radical chrome-plated 4-wheel carts, sort of the geek's chopper. John
From: John Larkin on 18 Dec 2009 13:56 On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:08:04 -0800, Fred Abse <excretatauris(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:28:57 -0800, John Larkin wrote: > >> True, but any automatic tranny is complicated. Replacing the clutches >> is probably no worse than replacing the planetary bands in a regular >> automatic. And 4WD is always more hardware. > >Are there any automatics still using bands? All the ones I've had anything >to do with in the last twenty years have used multiplate clutches. Don't know, actually. The dual-clutch Audi/VW tranny uses multiplate wet clutches, like most motorcycles. I remember changing the clutch stack on my Honda bikes in about 5 minutes. The wet clutches have a bit of viscous coupling, a mild torque-converter effect. John
From: Michael A. Terrell on 18 Dec 2009 14:50 Jim Thompson wrote: > > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:00:33 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >JosephKK wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:01:47 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> >JosephKK wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Then it should have been done both with and without cargo. > >> > > >> > > >> > It was done with what we were expected to drive in Alaska at the cold > >> >weather research facility. It was a place where they didn't plow the > >> >snow. Instead, a road grader was used to turn loose snow into rough > >> >pack ice. Most of the winter was below -20 so the only time you > >> >encountered ice or water on ice was when some idiot was intentionally > >> >spinning their tires, or there had been an accident and the vehicle had > >> >melted some of the coarse ice. > >> > > >> > The flooded a parking lot the night before the test, then used a fire > >> >hose to keep the ice wet for the test. > >> > >> Now that is just a mean test. > > > > > > No, the mean part is when the instructor is talking to you and grabs > >the steering wheel to cause a skid to see how you handle it. > > Right hands flies off steering wheel and smacks instructor across the > chops. > > Then smoothly recover from skid unencumbered ;-) And spend the next 30 to 90 days in the stockade for striking a government employee? :( -- Offworld checks no longer accepted!
From: Jim Thompson on 18 Dec 2009 14:59 On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:50:35 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:00:33 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> > >> >JosephKK wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:01:47 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> > >> >> >JosephKK wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Then it should have been done both with and without cargo. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > It was done with what we were expected to drive in Alaska at the cold >> >> >weather research facility. It was a place where they didn't plow the >> >> >snow. Instead, a road grader was used to turn loose snow into rough >> >> >pack ice. Most of the winter was below -20 so the only time you >> >> >encountered ice or water on ice was when some idiot was intentionally >> >> >spinning their tires, or there had been an accident and the vehicle had >> >> >melted some of the coarse ice. >> >> > >> >> > The flooded a parking lot the night before the test, then used a fire >> >> >hose to keep the ice wet for the test. >> >> >> >> Now that is just a mean test. >> > >> > >> > No, the mean part is when the instructor is talking to you and grabs >> >the steering wheel to cause a skid to see how you handle it. >> >> Right hands flies off steering wheel and smacks instructor across the >> chops. >> >> Then smoothly recover from skid unencumbered ;-) > > > And spend the next 30 to 90 days in the stockade for striking a >government employee? :( Geeee, ossifer, it was an accident ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Help save the environment! Please dispose of socialism properly!
From: Vladimir Vassilevsky on 18 Dec 2009 15:11
Jim Thompson wrote: > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:13:40 -0600, Vladimir Vassilevsky > <nospam(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >>JosephKK wrote: >> >>>As found in someone's sig: >>>Engineering is the art of making what you want from what you have. >> >>This is Jerry Avins, the elder of COMP.DSP. >>BTW, Jim Thompson is at least 10 years younger then Jerry :) >> > Jerry is _80_ ?:-) Yes. Jerry must be over 80 now. It means that DSP predates analog electronics :-) VLV |