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Subject: Re: Old PC Convert
From: Ted Blank tblank@..........
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 11:20:18 -0700 (PDT)



Hey Phil, you did a hell of a job.  But wouldn't it have been easier to 
just move the handle from the luggable over that PC where you got all the 
parts?  :-)  

IF you have any info on the power supply mods, can you send it?  Thanks.


Ted Blank
San Jose, California

On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Phil Giannini wrote:

> Hi Ted and Gang,
>     I was the one with the converted luggable. But I cheated and
> completely gutted the machine and installed a 386 DX40 mother board, 9
> inch B/W VGA monitor, 500 meg hard drive, 1.44 floppy, and still had
> room to build in one of  Larry's demod boards. I also modified the power
> supply to work on AC or from 12VDC so it could be operated in remote
> locations from a 12v car battery when no AC power is available. An AT
> type keyboard was modified to fit in the luggable's fold down
> door/bottom, as the luggable originally used an XT type keyboard that
> wouldn't work on the 386 mother board.
>     The system is using the PC Labs 12 bit  A/D board modified for time
> lock running Larry's SDR software and Winquake. There is also a 33.6
> modem on board so I can upload any captured events if there is a phone
> line available at the remote location.
> 
>      On another note, I noticed that the station names on the list for
> me are incorrect. I don't know if that is just a typo or if they are
> actually listed that way. If so can they be corrected?  They should be
> SFN and SFZ, and I would like to reserve SFE for the partly finished E/W
> sensor I am building. Also the TVZ listing can be removed from the list
> as that system has been retired. Thanks and sorry for any inconvenience
> that may have created.
> 
> 
> Regards, Phil
> 
> SFN & SFZ
> 
> 
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