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2022-03-31 7:15 pm
@will Deal!
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
2022-03-31 7:18 pm
@byron Maybe I don't want to escape.
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
2022-03-31 7:32 pm
@byron Maybe I don't want to escape.
Oooo, Ron must have found a hot number on the island 🙂
Anything seems possible when you don't know what you're talking about.
2022-03-31 7:37 pm
@byron Maybe I don't want to escape.
Oooo, Ron must have found a hot number on the island 🙂
But who was number 1? Ron might not be so keen on his captivity.
2022-03-31 7:45 pm
@byron Maybe I don't want to escape.
Oooo, Ron must have found a hot number on the island 🙂
But who was number 1? Ron might not be so keen on his captivity.
I never really understood the show (TV reception on the farm depended on weather conditions), was the numbering/categorization method ever explained ?
Anything seems possible when you don't know what you're talking about.
2022-03-31 7:50 pm
@byron Maybe I don't want to escape.
Oooo, Ron must have found a hot number on the island 🙂
But who was number 1? Ron might not be so keen on his captivity.
I never really understood the show (TV reception on the farm depended on weather conditions), was the numbering/categorization method ever explained ?
A quote from an interview with McGoohan
McGoohan, though, was again more evasive, suggesting that No. 1 was supposed to represent the evil within all of us... hence No. 6 facing down his own deranged doppelgänger.
Now would you want to be held captive with a deranged Ron.
2022-03-31 8:03 pm
Now would you want to be held captive with a deranged Ron.
Not without my own doppelgänger 🙂
Anything seems possible when you don't know what you're talking about.
2022-03-31 8:05 pm
@byron Or am I #1
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
2022-03-31 8:07 pm
@byron Deranged? I have documentation to prove ... wait .... I am, yikes!
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
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2022-04-01 2:50 am
The obscure quote I often pull out for fun is "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
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2022-04-01 3:16 am
@binaryrhyme That's a new one on me for sure.
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
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2022-04-01 3:19 am
@binaryrhyme That's a new one on me for sure.
They Live: I Have Come Here To Chew Bubble Gum and Kick Ass... - YouTube
I edit my posts to fix typos, correct grammar, or improve clarity. On-screen keyboards are evil.
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2022-04-03 10:31 pm
@binaryrhyme Have you tried another one assuming you have a few, and what do you think of getting it down to 4-5 then add an LDO VR chip, the problem will be how much amperage you want to get out. The AMS1117 produces 800ma with at least a 4.75V input (I would round up a bit to 5) I like combining them when the input is 12V to keep the heat down.
So, some good news. I had two of those converters, and the second one was able to get down to 3.3v, so... manufacturing tolerance / anomaly issue, methinks. Crisis averted. 🙂
One thing I'll say about bootstrapping on the electro-mechanical side... you sure end up buying a lot of bits. Ordered some protoboard to build a small circuit to distribute power to the meters. Had M3 and M2.5 standoffs, but nope - needs M2, lol.
On another note, I used this product as a plastic hole filler (oops!) and in particular as a way to affix the standoffs to the plastic case without drilling holes. Worked like a charm.
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