List spammer ID'd

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Mar 28 15:17:13 2001

On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Jason McBrien wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Honniball" <John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 11:22 AM
> Subject: Re: RE: List spammer ID'd
> <snip>
>
> > part of Philips). By the time of the Moon landings we had
> > dual-standard 405/625 and VHF/UHF sets. Oh, and BBC 2 was
> > a new channel on UHF, 625-line only!
>
> Does this explain why old episodes of Dr. Who look so wacky on NTSC? :)
>
> > I started in electronics with PNP germanium transistors,
> > although a lot of valve radio and tape recording gear was
> > still around. My idea of "high-tech" shortly after that
> > was a 741 op-amp.
>
> I'd like to try to build a computer only using 741's...
>
> > I've just done a lecture where I showed people an
> > acoustically-coupled modem (300 baud). I had to take an
> > old phone along to show how it would fit, because no-one
> > would imagine that now, with all phones being different
> > sizes.
>
> I've got one of those! I've been scouring salvation armys for old style
> phones for years. I miss those things, they weighed a ton, you knew when you
> were holding one in your hands..

There is a thrift store locally that has about a dozen of those, but in the
touchtone version.
                                                 - don
 
> > "...and you try to tell the young people that, and they
> > won't believe you!"
>
> Oh, aye... aye...
>
>
> > --
> > John Honniball
> > Email: John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk
> > University of the West of England
> >
> >
>
Received on Wed Mar 28 2001 - 15:17:13 BST