[GreenKeys] When The World Was Young

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Three minutes - YIKES !!!

Have you considered upgrading the PDP-8 to more than 4 K of core memory 
or maybe feeding the hamster on the treadmill another peanut?

 From what I have seen ripping CD's on to MP3 players that's a lot of 
latency for a modern machine. I wonder what's going on?

Have a good weekend and thanks for running the neat system !!!

	Enjoy!

		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ







On Feb 25, 2005, at 10:16 AM, George B. Hutchison wrote:

> GreenKeyers - - -
>
> I'll say the following, then shut up for a few weeks...
>
> The extended stop bit was implimented because, back in them greasy,
> smelly days, the U.S. power grid was not a locked-in,
> you-can-count-on-it source of power guaranteed accurate within three
> milli-radians of a rats ass. I believe some parts of New York had both
> 25-cycle power, as well as Edison's DC distribution system.
>
> Additionally, when you consider the military during WWII would be
> running on field generators which could be anywhere in the spectrum
> because some people were away dodging mortar rounds and bullets as
> opposed to maintaing vibrating reed accuracy of power to their combat
> communications gear, (which for the most part were running on DC
> governed motors  set up with tuning forks that were not 
> cross-referenced
> to WWV), the extended stop bit was better than a poke in the eye with a
> sharp stick.
>
> I was not a radioman, but even the crypto systems we had on the
> submarine could be heard to have a re-synchronizing pause because all 
> of
> them clocks in all of them KWR-37s collectively needed a brief period 
> of
> time to catch up with the drummer that the gods at the keying sources
> were dancing to.
>
> More cam sleeve wear was caused by lack of oil than receiving LTRS
> charactrs due to diddle.
>
> The thing I am most impressed with is the caliber of the people that
> haunt GreenKeys. We have a lot of fabulous minds lurking out there. And
> the best thing is the fact we SHARE the contents of those minds.
>
> I'm now gonna take my mind and go find some news for the people. I will
> be gone all weekend, but I'll try and get a nice large news loop going
> between tonight and tomorrow morning so that "ITTY CENTRAL" will not be
> too boring.
>
> I do believe that there is a means whereby we can get interactive using
> the telnet capabilities of the internet.
>
> The most people who have ever tapped into "ITTY CENTRAL" at one time 
> has
> been ten. I will beat on poor Bill Bytheways's head and see if we can
> come up with a telnet scheme that will work and dispense the info over
> ITTY for those who want to print using the mechanicals. And I do not
> disparage the mechanicals, I have store rooms full of them.
>
> The one problem with ITTY is the latency inherent in the server, as 
> well
> as some of the MP3 players.
>
> When I shutdown the set-up here, the signal continues to rattle on for
> sometimes as much as three minutes. That is a lot of latency!!
>
> Off to the news desk...
>
> 73,
>
> George - W7TTY
>
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