Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #07661
To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "Jim Cook" beamboter@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 17:58:53 PST
Subject: [alt-beam] Hackable?
Hey Check this out and think about it's hackability...
http://graphics.kbkids.com/toys/product.html?WebID=00eec69f5b3300361a9f5b3300e7399f5b3300399a9f5b33&_e=82e1&_v=382E15860000A938CC611501
I think it would work great for those
Sincerely,
Jim Cook
beamboter@hotmail.com
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/9874
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7662 Sat, 13 Nov 1999 18:17:10 -0800 [alt-beam] Re: SUCCESS (Sort-Of) Solar Head Project "'beam@sgiblab.sgi.com'" Wilf Rigter I'll look at this and reply tomorrow if no one else has answered by then.
regards.
Wilf Rigter mailto:wilf.rigter@powertech.bc.ca
tel: (604)590-7493
fax: (604)590-3411
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SG [SMTP:sparkyg@seark.net]
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 2:00 PM
> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Subject: SUCCESS (Sort-Of) Solar Head Project
>
> well, i have foolishly NOT dismantled my breadboarded
> SolarPShead circuit. I thought i might tinker with it some more before I
> took the solar engine off and went to batteries, assebmbling it step by
> step LIKE WE ALL SHOULD DO!
> (forgive me wilf, i will prob do it after today)
>
> i did replace the .01 cap on pins 13 and 15 with a .022uf and ALSO
> replaced
> the 74HC with a 74AC.
>
> old results where: not enuff power from motor outputs
> new results: pager motor spins for about 2 seconds (yup! jus two!).
>
> this IS progress! (heh heh) also this is with a .047F gold Cap
> for power storage.
>
> Now the questions i gotta answer is -- i wunder what is eating all my
> power? what is draining that cap so quickly?
>
> I think it has sumpthin to do with the resistor values and until the 5M
> pots come in i can't do much.
> so far its exactly like darrell's circuit, except for the .022uf cap and
> the AC chip, except pins 6 & 8 are grnded.
>
> but, hey! progress!
> -Sparky
7663 Sat, 13 Nov 1999 18:34:41 PST [alt-beam] Re: Hackable? beam@sgiblab.sgi.com "Timothy Flytcher" Jim, I have these and find the gearbox is very crude ... and poor quality
throughout...
but feel free to try if you are only seeking a shape???
Timothy...
>Hey Check this out and think about it's hackability...
>
>http://graphics.kbkids.com/toys/product.html?WebID=00eec69f5b3300361a9f5b3300e7399f5b3300399a9f5b33&_e=82e1&_v=382E15860000A938CC611501
>
>
>I think it would work great for those
>
>
>Sincerely,
> Jim Cook
>beamboter@hotmail.com
>http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/9874
>
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7664 Sat, 13 Nov 1999 22:40:22 EST [alt-beam] resistor codes alt-beam@egroups.com, botdoc@yahoo.com, alan_fullarton@hotmail.com, Sparkyg@seark.net, Integritypc@aol.com, robots@onelist.com Blumojo13@aol.com [Unable to display image]
7665 Sat, 13 Nov 1999 22:41:35 -0800 [alt-beam] Re: Tilden as a BEAM bot beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Bruce Robinson JVernonM@aol.com wrote:
>
> Hey all,
> Just wanted to tell you about a piece
> of computer art that I posted.
Very nice, Jim. Very nice indeed.
However (and I'd like to hear a few other BEAM opinions on this), do I
detect just a tiny hint of a self-portrait there as well? Just comparing
it to your portrait on your web page.
Bruce
7666 Sun, 14 Nov 1999 02:30:29 EST [alt-beam] Re: Tilden as a BEAM bot beam@sgiblab.sgi.com JVernonM@aol.com In a message dated 11/14/99 1:48:27 AM Eastern Standard Time,
Bruce_Robinson@bc.sympatico.ca writes:
> However (and I'd like to hear a few other BEAM opinions on this), do I
> detect just a tiny hint of a self-portrait there as well? Just comparing
> it to your portrait on your web page.
You know, I never even thought of it until Wilf mentioned that my photo on my
home page was very Tilden like, that I do bear a slight resemblance to the
guy. I have worn a fedora type of hat for some years now, long before I ever
heard of BEAM. I have to! Like Tilden, I am folicley challenged (although
less so than Tilden). Fact is the first time my brother saw Tilden on one of
those specials, he yelled over to his wife and said, "Hey, look honey, Jim's
on TV." I even had the pony tail up until a year ago, and thought about
growing it back. But now I have this nagging doubt that everyone will think
I'm like the girl roommate in the movie single white female. I decided I just
gotta be me and I'm letting it grow back. Actually, the hat and beard on that
piece of artwork is Tilden's actual hat and beard lifted from a photo. The
legs are also from a photo of Tilden's biped walker. I don't know, I guess
I'm just stuck with resembling the guy slightly. I guess I could go out and
buy a derby..., Nah, I like my fedora made in Mexico. We'll all just have to
deal with it :).
See ya,
Jim
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/8281/beamart.html
7667 Sun, 14 Nov 1999 12:25:07 +0000 Re: Elmos web site is online...REVIEW...Elmo's reply beam@sgiblab.sgi.com rdraycott@CPL.co.uk
Listen up Robb...
I warned you that all the links weren't up. I even said that the only
data on the page was under the docs and news sections....so whats with
the whinge? I normally dont like to upload an unfinished site but i am
pushed for time and thought that it was better to post my three or four
.jpg files on an unfinished site rather than flooding the mailing list
with unwanted and potentially large-ish file attachments.
It really pisses me off when people come across with attitudes like
yours. I am just trying to do the right thing by the list inhabitants
and i have very little free time to spend on building a web page, and
what do i get from you....Not apprecitated dude.
Elmo
rdraycott@CPL.co.uk wrote:
>
> ...Doough
> SO many links and not enough data, you where not joking....
> if the links on the welcome page go to empty pages why not disable the link
> Also based on the link structure might I recommend a bit more consolidation
> rather
> than menu in a menu in a menu etc etc .A definate case of style as opposed to
> content and navigation.
>
> Save the world a click or 50 and disable the empty links PLEASE , I can't be
the
> only one that gets
> exasperated by this sort of thing
>
> RobD AKA "Powerbuilder"
>
> Elmo on 12/11/99 06:00:04
>
> Please respond to beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
>
> To: Beam Mailing List
> cc: (bcc: Robert Draycott/FS/CPL)
> Subject: Elmos web site is online...
>
> Well it's a bit rushed but it's up....
>
> http://beam.tolmie.net
>
> There is not a hell of a lot there at the moment but if you follow the
> News links you will find my latest PSH circuit progress report. I have
> also hosted a copy of Wilfs power smart tutorial in both word and .pdf
> format (html should be up there too soon).
>
> I will add some more photos and the first of my tutorials over the next
> few days.
>
> Let me know if you find icky bits.
>
> Elmo
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