Hi Ed!
BM> Have been going through stuff (when the Round ToIts allow!) and putting
BM> in Banker's Boxes so of a consistent size for storage and easier to
BM> stack on shelves. Some Bankers Boxes have boxes inside: don't need an
BM> entire box for USB cables, plus now storing them by USB 2 and USB 3
BM> (separate).
EV> Organizing will help You find what You want to find.
EV> Make a file on the pc of what is in the boxes might help too.
EV> That is banging on the Keyboard isn't it?
<chuckle> Yes it is!! I've sort of tried the list thing -- doesn't
quite work out: take a part or two out to fix/upgrade something with the
intention of updating the list later -- another But First wanders in and
side-tracks.
Cleaning up also means re-organizing, and part of the how it's organized depends
on how much of a category I have. Old example: used to have two telephone lines
here, one voice and one data. (Told you it was an old example!!) The Computer
Room had both lines, so needed telephone line
cord with four wires; the rest of the house only had the voice line so
that only needed two wires. Had a bunch of line cords and of course
whenever I needed 4-line cord would be sorting through all the cords
coming up with 2-line ones. Finally sorted them -- just in large
Ziplock baggies, but the were now separated. (The baggies were stored
in a Bankers Box with other telephone parts.)
EV> I was wondering if Nancy also read this conference (echo)?
EV> I'm sure if She read my comment to You it would start Her
EV> thinking of how to write to Me about it.
I haven't seen her over here.
BM> And it's not like the place is a hoarder's paradise, just needs a bit
BM> of attention. Plus I'd rather bang on the keyboard or do something outside
BM> in the yard. :)
EV> If I visited Your place I probably would drool from seeing the
EV> things You have there.
Just might! You might also end up going home with a few older computers
and/or parts!
EV> -snip-
BM> bright to me! Another gentleman who was friend of my parents also
BM> 'discovered' the filament circuit for Dad's amplifer wasn't designed
BM> correctly, which is why it was always blowing two tubes. He sort of
BM> verified my point of view that just because someone sells or does something
BM> doens't necessarily mean it's right. (That's not being
BM> phrased quite correctly.) Sort of verified my thoughts shortcuts are taken
BM> and if I see something that doesn't seem quite right fix it.
BM> ...Like maybe a cabinet should be supported better.
EV> Who made the amplifier? Bogen? Proably not Bogen, the one I saw
EV> in the mid-1950's at a friends home was the first Hi-Fi
EV> (Monaural) I ever knew of and it was a GREAT Unit.
BM> IIRC Lafayette Radio
BM> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Radio_Electronics. Won't guarantee
BM> that's the correct manufacturer as has been several decades since the unit
BM> finally failed at my parents' in NH and I had been
BM> living out here in IA for around ten years.
EV> I have a 6 1/2" Coaxial Speaker I ordered from them.
Just one? Wonder if it could be made into a subwoofer for a TV?
EV> I had a problem with my Heath AA-32 Stereo Amplifier making noise
EV> on one side and went to a Clinic a Electronics Store held and was
EV> told there was a loose wire between the Output Tube and the
EV> Speaker Terminal Board. I went home and opened the case and
EV> soldered the loose wire back and the Amp was quite on both sides
EV> after that job.
BM> Good! I had built for myself a Heathkit GR-3000 (much earlier while
BM> still living in NH had built for my parents a GR-300) television. The
BM> channel, time, etc., display would sometimes give the wrong letter. A
BM> little notetaking as to which letter was improperly being displayed and
BM> converting to binary led to determine was probably a certain data line (3rd
BM> or 4th LSB) that was the problem. Only problem was I couldn't
BM> figure out which was LSB or MSB from the schematic so instead of only
BM> having to resolder two pads had to solder four. (Poor baby!! <g>)
BM> Solved the problem! :)
EV> Are both the GR-3000 and GR-300 Television Sets?
Yes, the GR-300 about a decade earlier than the GR-3000. I think both
were 25". GR-300 had some small roughly 3x5" 'cards' which plugged in, probably
to the rear panel and the power supply was on the right side
panel. Not sure about the cards but definitely recall the power supply
board because it was pre-built and I thought that was a let-down. Plus
the foil side of the power supply would arc to the metal chassis
(cabinet around the tube) and sometimes caused a shut-down. I remember
trimming some off the excess lead length from the power supply board --
lessened the arcing but but still did, just not as often. Did that a
few times. Finally Dad came up with an idea: glue a rubber jar opener
to the chassis. No more arcing!
EV> A neighbor built a Heathkit TV Set and I loaned my Heath VTVM and
EV> the High Voltage Probe for it to Him so He could adjust the High
EV> Voltage Circuit.
EV> The TV Kit was part of a Heathkit Eductional Training Program He
EV> was taking in the mid-1970's.
EV> Back then Heath-Kit had a Store on the outskirts of Louisville,
EV> Kentucky and My Neighbor took his TV Set there for them to check
EV> it out.
EV> The Technician told Him that the High Voltage was adjusted
EV> correctly.
EV> My neighbor had one problem that puzzled both Him and the Heath Technician.
EV> One of the Sixteen Pre-Set Channel positions would
EV> not work. Since I know enuf about Electronics to be considered
EV> DANGEROUS, I looked at the PC Board and found a broken connection
EV> around where the Variable Resistor for that Channel was located
EV> and walked Home to get a piece of Bishop Graphics copper strip,
EV> after I soldered it on the part all 16 Channels behaved.
Good Man!!
EV> ... I'm a slef-taught proggrammer
BM> Speling miss-steaks r oh-kay az long az consistant!
EV> Hey!, Tagline mis-spelling IS O.K.! they are suppose to make You
EV> <G R I N>.
BM> That's where I dive into the box (see semi-joke explanation in a reply
BM> to Nancy) and get a little picky: Dad was a decent speller, my Mother isn't
BM> but then English is not her native language. I sort of went the opposite
BM> direction and went for the correct spellings, though
BM> apparenty skipped back a generation to Dad's English and Scottish
BM> parents. Now as for the typos in my e-mails, I'll blame part of that
BM> on a slow response of the text editor (I'll get ahead a few characters
BM> at times) and an odd quirk of typing one letter when meaning another:
BM> I'll type 'c' for 's' and vice versa semi-consistently but not due to
BM> not knowing how to spell the word.
EV> Multi-Mail doesn't have a Spell Checker, like You I do the best I
EV> can before I send the .REP file.
OK - I couldn't remember it's been so long since I changed anything.
Some times it's just I don't like how Product A works or Product B does
the same thing but in a way I like better so switch. Here using SEdit
for the editor which has a decent dictionary .
BM> ... I'm in a class by myself. Everyone else graduated.
EV> Good Tagline! Thanks!
BM> 'Welcome! ...Gee just think: when I do graduate I'll be
BM> Valedictorian!!
EV> I can't wait to hear that You Gradated.
At this rate may be a while!
EV> In another Echo Network (FSX) I saw someone write about being in
EV> NH. Do You read messages in that Network?
Nope; doens't sound familiar.
EV> Would You want me to search for the message and Forward it to You
EV> here?
If you want to. :) I moved out here in 1975 and have been back for
short visits.
EV> ... Geriatric Games: Simon says something incoherent.
What was that? <g>
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