Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #02500
To: "Feser, Jason" jfeser@ea.com
From: Sharon Williams swilliam@cadvision.com
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 18:13:42
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Update on disassemblin' CD-ROM drives
All my microcores work fine, using .22 uf Tantalum polarized caps
-Jeremy Williams
At 11:52 AM 4/19/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Yup. I've got about 100 or so motors salvaged from old CD-ROM drives. I'm
>a technician at Electronic Arts, and have access to all of our broken gear -
>which is considerable. Man, it seems like half the BEAMers in the world
>live in Vancouver. Thats probably why I can never find any .22uf monolithic
>caps :( Anyway, my page was updated/redesigned and now has a write up on
>each bot and its parts. Take a look.
>
>http://members.xoom.com/jfeser
or redirect
>http://move.to/beamland
>
>enjoy!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Matt Procopation [mailto:proc@home.com]
>Sent: Sunday, April 18, 1999 12:26 AM
>To: beam
>Subject: Re: Update on disassemblin' CD-ROM drives
>
>
>
>Upon further investigation, I've found that the BeamLand
>webpage (http://members.xoom.com/jfeser/)
has several
>bots made with cd drive motors. (..Couldn't seem to find
>the creators name on the page however, heh)
>Not only cd motors, but motors from Playstations!
>Oh the humanity!
>
>
>
>
>
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