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From: Pd on 14 Feb 2010 03:08 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > That is what it is. It is nice to see it being used, and I was gratefull > that a long way up a mountain in kenya I could actually get electronic > components at all. Was that anything to do with the most awesome air traffic control system in all of Africa? I'm sure I remember something like that from a dimly remembered dinner party but I might have the wrong end of the stick completely. -- Pd
From: Rowland McDonnell on 14 Feb 2010 04:55 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > > > real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: [snip] > > > The only computer > > >I've ever owned with an RS232 port is my Psion 5, with an external RS232 > > >adaptor. And I've had RS232 headaches all over the place. > > > > I also had one and had similar issues when trying to connect it to std > > stuff because of it's not std ness. Anything that didn't have an > > industry std spec (serial) interface is also likely to be an issue > > (but rarely insurmountable if you had the right kit and experience). > > Ironically i never had a problem with a mac to RS232 connection, Ironically? No, that's normal in my experience. RS232 is a bigger problem when connecting two RS232 things together, than when connecting RS232 things to RS422. Or so my experience tells me. >I had a > couple of leads I made at work that did everything and an RS232 breakout > box. I did have a problem with a ratheon radar rs422 connection to a > radar processing unit, Radar's always trouble. > and had to make an interface to connect the two, > which is harder than it sounds as I was in africa at the time, and the > electronics shops are a bit different from ours. Just so long as you didn't have to use plumbing solder and a tub of flux... Or did you? Poker heated in a blowtorch as yer soldering iron?[1] Rowland. [1] I tried that once. NBG. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Peter Ceresole on 14 Feb 2010 05:00 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > Was that anything to do with the most awesome air traffic control system > in all of Africa? What; the one that relies on the 'the sky is big and aeroplanes are small' principle? Which, in Africa, is fairly sound... -- Peter
From: Woody on 14 Feb 2010 06:53 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > That is what it is. It is nice to see it being used, and I was gratefull > > that a long way up a mountain in kenya I could actually get electronic > > components at all. > > Was that anything to do with the most awesome air traffic control system > in all of Africa? I'm sure I remember something like that from a dimly > remembered dinner party but I might have the wrong end of the stick > completely. It was for that indeed, well remembered. Although being the best air controller in that part of the country just meant there wasn't someone looking out of a shed with binoculars! -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Woody on 14 Feb 2010 06:53
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >I had a > > couple of leads I made at work that did everything and an RS232 breakout > > box. I did have a problem with a ratheon radar rs422 connection to a > > radar processing unit, > > Radar's always trouble. That radar was always troubled. The locals kept stealing the cable. And then the bearings went, and they couldn't afford the large truck to go 20 miles down a dirt road to lift the head off the radar to fix it! > > > and had to make an interface to connect the two, > > which is harder than it sounds as I was in africa at the time, and the > > electronics shops are a bit different from ours. > > Just so long as you didn't have to use plumbing solder and a tub of > flux... Or did you? Poker heated in a blowtorch as yer soldering > iron?[1] In a strange twist of fate, the airport had a training room which contained the latest weller temperature controlled irons and nice workbenches. No componants, but all the equipment. -- Woody www.alienrat.com |