BeanAnimal
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I still don't have a CNC...
waterproof(ish)ing a laptop
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ReefEnabler
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ooo cool 
but I'd probably get it, use it twice, and then forget I had it lol.
a coworker of mine has one and offered to let me use it though.
good idea on the acrylic box. ill probably do that for my electrical outlets that are near my display tank also. I have so much scrap acrylic I've been trying to think of useful things to use it for
i want to try making a pair of frag scissors out of scrap acrylic hehehe. (for softies only)
but I'd probably get it, use it twice, and then forget I had it lol.a coworker of mine has one and offered to let me use it though.
good idea on the acrylic box. ill probably do that for my electrical outlets that are near my display tank also. I have so much scrap acrylic I've been trying to think of useful things to use it for
i want to try making a pair of frag scissors out of scrap acrylic hehehe. (for softies only)
BeanAnimal
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I plan on building one of the cnczone machines... just don't have the time or space to embark on yet another project!
I placed a $200 digikey order today for the dosing pump project and touchscreen project. The circuit board order is going out Friday.
I placed a $200 digikey order today for the dosing pump project and touchscreen project. The circuit board order is going out Friday.
ReefEnabler
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so does this mean that your full controller project is back alive?
Stu tells me he has been making alot of progress on his Rabbit4010. Me, I just figured out how to get the sample applications to run over the network baby steps...
Stu tells me he has been making alot of progress on his Rabbit4010. Me, I just figured out how to get the sample applications to run over the network
baby steps...BeanAnimal
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Nope... just going with modular controllers.
Dosing pump system
Lighting system
ATO system
Data logging system
Each will be ethernet enabled. I like the idea of a single controller but don't like the idea of having all of my eggs in one basket. If I did, then I would certainly go the PLC route.
Dosing pump system
Lighting system
ATO system
Data logging system
Each will be ethernet enabled. I like the idea of a single controller but don't like the idea of having all of my eggs in one basket. If I did, then I would certainly go the PLC route.
Altpers0na
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i still dont get it...
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now a windows installation, thats funny..
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now a windows installation, thats funny..
stugray
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I believe Bean is bashing Linux....;-)
Here's a quote from: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7239
"As of this writing, November 5, 2003, the RNC has an uptime of 4.26 days (maximum of 39.04) and a 90-day moving average of 16.91. The DNC has an uptime of 445.02 days (also the maximum) and a 90-day moving average of 395.38 days."
That shows that the republican national Comitte runs Windows with an average uptime of 17 days, while the demo comitte runs linux with an average uptime of 395 days. Of course that was in 2003.
Which platform is more stable I wonder?
Sorry, I couldnt help it. We use unix based machines for all critical flight ops functions.
Stu
Here's a quote from: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7239
"As of this writing, November 5, 2003, the RNC has an uptime of 4.26 days (maximum of 39.04) and a 90-day moving average of 16.91. The DNC has an uptime of 445.02 days (also the maximum) and a 90-day moving average of 395.38 days."
That shows that the republican national Comitte runs Windows with an average uptime of 17 days, while the demo comitte runs linux with an average uptime of 395 days. Of course that was in 2003.
Which platform is more stable I wonder?
Sorry, I couldnt help it. We use unix based machines for all critical flight ops functions.
Stu
Altpers0na
ARS Caesar
we use vms for our always up stuff at work..
our windows based interface is our biggest software trouble...
our windows based interface is our biggest software trouble...
ReefEnabler
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for me windows atrophies. for the first year or so its really stable, then it starts to degrade itself over time. i usually format and reinstall every year or two and then I have a good long stretch of stability
seems alot better now with XP though. I still have a win98 cd key memorized because i had to reinstall it so much
seems alot better now with XP though. I still have a win98 cd key memorized because i had to reinstall it so much
ReefEnabler
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but i think for a really barebones system that you arent touching or installing stuff its more stable. i'm always tinkering with my home pc so alot of the problems are my own fault.
BeanAnimal
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I used to be a VMS assembler GOD...
I dream about the good old DEC VAX-VMS cluster chugging along... tied to Novell and windows 3.1 via PathWorks. I think I may have even crashed the whole system on more than a few occasions
I dream about the good old DEC VAX-VMS cluster chugging along... tied to Novell and windows 3.1 via PathWorks. I think I may have even crashed the whole system on more than a few occasions
ReefEnabler
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man thats oldskool, before my time for sure
BeanAnimal
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So you have never seen on of these "live and in action"
Those are "disk drives" The hard drive platters were on spindles that had a handle on the top. You loaded the disk pack in and took it out, put it on a cart and wheeled it to the media storage safe, then loaded the next one...
Those are "disk drives" The hard drive platters were on spindles that had a handle on the top. You loaded the disk pack in and took it out, put it on a cart and wheeled it to the media storage safe, then loaded the next one...
ReefEnabler
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nope 
I'm only 23. my first computer experience was writing retarded programs in dos basic on my stepdads 386. sounds pretty oldskool to some people, but that probably seems like yesterday to you
I'm only 23. my first computer experience was writing retarded programs in dos basic on my stepdads 386. sounds pretty oldskool to some people, but that probably seems like yesterday to you BeanAnimal
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I am only 37 I had an 8088 (ibm PCXT with 10 meg HDD) and built my first 286. It cost me maybe $2000 when it was all said and done. I had 256K of memory and a 60 meg HDD. If I remember correctly, the HDD cost me $600 or so and the memory was just about as much.
I had an 8088 (ibm PCXT with 10 meg HDD) and built my first 286. It cost me maybe $2000 when it was all said and done. I had 256K of memory and a 60 meg HDD. If I remember correctly, the HDD cost me $600 or so and the memory was just about as much.
ReefEnabler
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OLD!!!
hehe jk
hehe jk
ReefEnabler
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i do have to say, that thing does look pretty sweet. why cant they make stuff look that cool anymore?
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12085077#post12085077 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BeanAnimal
So you have never seen on of these "live and in action"
Those are "disk drives" The hard drive platters were on spindles that had a handle on the top. You loaded the disk pack in and took it out, put it on a cart and wheeled it to the media storage safe, then loaded the next one...
:lol: That is funny we had three of those in my step dads basement office. He was the VP of Sperry Rand. My uncle was the CEO of Unisys. They would give us piles of those old platers and we would recycle them for beer money.
:lol:
Don
ReefEnabler
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hehehe I think it would be sweet to make a modern looking stand for a reef that looks just like that 
