Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #12849



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Zane Bryan" zipndani@transport.com
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 20:38:01 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Spam, the other white meat?


My apologies to all...I sent yet another reply before reading this thread
that has already been done to death. As a rule, if I get spam, I get
PEEVED!!! To put it politely...

Here's a BEAM-type question...Anyone got a bead on how many mA a 1.5 volt AA
battery puts out? I'm sure it's been asked before...

I've found this cheap surplus store with some battery opperated toy
cars..."reomte control"...uh, ok a three foot cord attatched to a
"controller" that offers a huge range of motion (if you use it as a
leash)...forward and back buttons only...The really cool part is a gear
motor and crown gear "drive train"...and all this for less than $2...I
rewired it to run on one battery and it still had quite a bit of umph! or
oomph! if you prefer. I haven't a multimeter at the moment...but they seem
to do well at low current...They ain't tiny ('bout 3/4
inch-flat/round)...but they are CHEAP.



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