>You can embody the information in your second section by adding
>a "Type" to each module type (communications, memory, etc.).
>That's just another column in the table.
Thanks, good idea...
>Then it's easy to generate printed reports that look just like
>what you have. You can customize the report to include anything
>or any formatting you like. But it's MUCH easier to maintain
>the raw data when it's in a table (or spreadsheet). And then
>generate an updated report.
I think I understand you now... I could simply have the one list
with all modules, with the new 'type' field, and if I want to
complete list, I simply do multiple extracts to one text file
which I print. That way, there is the one list, no duplication
of information (and increase in the chance that one of the two
occurrances will not be up to date).
>I bet you don't ALWAYS carry the Field Guide around with you!?
>Really, ALWAYS?! I DO ALWAYS carry it around with me. It's
Actually, yes... in a small, printed form -- takes up 4" x 5"
by about 3/6" thick. I have my EMT protocols book in the same
pocket...
>in a spreadsheet on my pocket organizer, where I can easily
>refer to it when I'm out in the boonies in some junk yard and
>stumble across some obscure modules that interest me. (Well,
>you probably have the whole Field Guide memorized anyway, so
>it may not be as important for you!)
I have yet to get a pocket organizer, but I'm seriously thinking
about it...
As for memorizing the list, well... I used to have a very good
memory for at least the pdp-11 Qbus boards. I knew some of the
general UNIBUS boards as well, but I didn't know specific
processor boards for UNIBUS. I used to have a good memory of the
jumpers for Qbus boards, too. But since 1992, I've done *very
little* pdp-11 stuff for work (it still does crop up once in a
while... I'm the last developer to have actually touched the RT-11
V5.6 sources to still work for Digit... er Compaq), and I've not been
able to do as much pdp-11 stuff at home as I'd like...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
(Though I wish it could be
'current' :-)
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