29 Oct
2002
29 Oct
'02
3:51 a.m.
Well, I took an NLS 215 scope. It sold in the first 5 minutes,
inspite of having dead batteries.
I also sold an Amprobe clamp around ammeter for those who want to know how
much power a REAL computer draws.
On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, John Lawson wrote:
Well, amidst all of the stellar and superlative Tales
and Stories now
filtering in from Moffet Field, I have one small bummer.
Taking our cue from a recent long and nearly-immortal thread on
Oscilloscopes; sub-Tektronix scopes; sub-sub rack-mount Tek scopes -
Marvin and I concocted a nice visual in-joke. I mounted a working RM503
in the rack with my PDP 11/44 and waited for one of the Listmembers to
notice it and laugh. And I waited.... and waited....
Nobody got it! O well....
If Tony Duell had made his way across the pond this year - *he* would
have laughed! maybe...
But anyway, a Pretty Good Time was had by all, though there was not much
working Big Iron on display - partially understandable when the Logistics
of hauling and loading/unloading and setting up larger systems is taken
into account. And I have the scars and bruises to attest to that.
But next year I'm leaving the scope at home.
Cheerz
John