Denny wrote:
This is not a forum for operating systems... Let us get back on
topic, folks...

Still, a better topic to read than most of the dreck on here.

I am homebrewing (if that term isn't overkill) a dipole and am using PVC
joints...a T in the middle and straight connectors for the ends. Will
these need to be treated (painted, etc) for UV protection?

Richard, feel free to give this one a pass.
You're a good guy, it's just that your prose borders on word salad
sometimes (hold the pedantic dressing)

John
AB8O

Mike Coslo wrote:
Hey! BTW, once you get used to Richard's prose, he's enjoyable to
read, and there is truth in his ministrations.

Even the part about reflections from non-reflective
glass being brighter than the surface of the sun? :-)
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

John Smith wrote:
The 56K USRobotics Courier External modem was the prime example of such
a hardware modem and contained its own processor and it was identical (I
think) to the processor used in the first IBM computers (second
generation actually, first generation used the 8086;s)--intel 80186's?

You are probably thinking of the 8088 (8-bit bus) used
in the low-end version of the first IBM PC. But the
"first IBM computers" were not solid-state. :-) Back
in the 50's, the IBM-650 computers used dual triodes
with a magnetic drum as the memory. The logic was
bi-quinary, somewhat like an abacus.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil:

I am trying to imagine a USRobotics modem the size of my garage!
Probably was the 8088, a '186 would have been a bit of an overkill for
56K and a phone line (but the 8088 probably had head-room left over!)

Regards,
JS

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
om...
John Smith wrote:
The 56K USRobotics Courier External modem was the prime example of
such
a hardware modem and contained its own processor and it was
identical (I
think) to the processor used in the first IBM computers (second
generation actually, first generation used the 8086;s)--intel
80186's?

You are probably thinking of the 8088 (8-bit bus) used
in the low-end version of the first IBM PC. But the
"first IBM computers" were not solid-state. :-) Back
in the 50's, the IBM-650 computers used dual triodes
with a magnetic drum as the memory. The logic was
bi-quinary, somewhat like an abacus.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

jawod wrote:
I am homebrewing (if that term isn't overkill) a dipole and am using PVC
joints...a T in the middle and straight connectors for the ends. Will
these need to be treated (painted, etc) for UV protection?

My experience: White PVC turns brittle under
TX and AZ UV rays.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

I have unpainted PVC poles up in Michigan and they have held up for
years with just a bit of powdering of the surface... If you are using
the dipole for a year or three leave it bare... If you think it may be
up for decades, spray with a dark color paint to block UV...


denny

Denny wrote:
This is not a forum for operating systems... Let us get back on
topic, folks...


Hey Denny! Why dontcya go tell the crossposters to shut up too!


Plonk me please!

- 73 de Mike KB3EIA -

Cecil Moore wrote:
Mike Coslo wrote:
Hey! BTW, once you get used to Richard's prose, he's enjoyable to
read, and there is truth in his ministrations.

Even the part about reflections from non-reflective
glass being brighter than the surface of the sun? :-)

Don't recall that one, Cecil.

- 73 de Mike KB3EIA -

GREY PVC

jawod wrote:
Denny wrote:

This is not a forum for operating systems... Let us get back on
topic, folks...


Still, a better topic to read than most of the dreck on here.

I am homebrewing (if that term isn't overkill) a dipole and am using PVC
joints...a T in the middle and straight connectors for the ends. Will
these need to be treated (painted, etc) for UV protection?

Richard, feel free to give this one a pass.
You're a good guy, it's just that your prose borders on word salad
sometimes (hold the pedantic dressing)

John
AB8O