Re: ATM remote PC operation

["GARY SLAK" <gslak@javanet.com>]

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> From: GARY SLAK <gslak@javanet.com>
> To: iss@pvtnetworks.net
> Subject: Re: ATM remote PC operation
> Date: Tuesday, September 30, 1997 1:14 PM
> 
> one way to keep a PCs CPU warm is to construct an insulated box,and then
> use a thermostatic switch that would turn on at a set temperature and
turn
> on a 100 watt light bulb inside the insulated CPU box.... I read this in
> sky and tel a few years back but couldn't find the article... the
> thermostatic switch is designed to turn on alight or alarm to alert
someone
> that temperature has dropped to below freezing.... hope this helps...... 
 
>   regards Gary
> 
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> > From: iss@pvtnetworks.net
> > To: atm@shore.net
> > Subject: Re: ATM remote PC operation
> > Date: Tuesday, September 30, 1997 10:36 AM
> > 
> > 
> > Re remote PC operation,
> > 
> > Thanks to all on the list who responded with ideas, the
> > most frequent suggestion was 'why bother when you can get
> > an old 386/486 for less than a remote com setup would
> > cost'. Others ranged from using Linux or Ethernet to 
> > a turnkey package from Cybex (www.cybex.com) which
> > converts the monitor/keyboard/mouse data to a digital
> > stream that can be transmitted up to 600' over a twisted
> > wire pair, with plug in/out boxes at both ends. Price
> > of this >> an old PC, though.
> > 
> > I've decided to resurrect my old 386-33 PC with a
> > bad hard disk & use it in the obs, I'll just have 
> > to fugure out a way to keep it warm in the winter
> > like put the CPU box in an isulated heated case
> > or something.
> > 
> > BTW for those with a good sky & SSE horizon, comet
> > H-B is visible again at az 150 elev 10 1h before
> > sunrise, at +6 mag with 1 deg wide fan shaped tail.
> > This comet has *got* to set a record for longevity..
> > 
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> >