IBM 1130 Was: Re: Linux on S/370? Was: Re: printer socket

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_at_infinet.com>
Date: Fri Sep 25 14:21:20 1998

>
> At 13:52 23-09-98 -0400, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> >>
> >> At 23:08 22-09-98 -0400, you wrote:
> >> >No, I will be letting the air of your car's tires.
> >>
> >> Oh no you won't ;) I'll get a set of those new Michelin Zero Pressure
> >> tires (ones which the TV ad shows a 3/4" hole being drilled in the sidewall
> >> and the car driving away; 55 MPH for 50 miles... [howzat work anyway?])
> >
> >Special sidewalls that are stiff enough to resist being folded over...
>
> I figured it was some sort of stiff sidewall. Must be a real b**ch to
> install and remove from the rims. I know what it's like to deal with
> mounting 6-ply sidewall tires used on small commercial vehicles not having
> split rims.

I have no personal experience with that, thankfully. I pay people to do
that kind of stuff for me. I'll do bicycle tyres, but not big stuff.

> Pressure monitor? How does the driver get that feedback? Obviously there
> would need to be information sent to the driver as to pressure failure.

The ad I saw had a small box the size of a radar detector, mounted on the
ceiling in the drivers line of sight. In each wheel, there was a small
instrument mounted on the inner face of the rim that I presume was battery
powered and reported in by radio.

-ethan
Received on Fri Sep 25 1998 - 14:21:20 BST