In article <mailman.7884.1394151937.18130.python-l...@python.org>, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> On 06 Mar 2014 02:51:54 GMT, alb...@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der > Horst) declaimed the following: > > >In article <roy-a94c1b.22041912022...@news.panix.com>, > >Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > >>In article <ldhcau$d9v$1...@reader1.panix.com>, > >> Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> > >>> On 2014-02-13, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> > An S-100 wire-wrap board. > >>> > >>> Yup, been there done that! > >> > >>Never did S-100, but I did do a custom Unibus card (wirewrap). > >> > >>You know you're working with a Real Computer (tm) when the +5V power > >>supply can deliver as much current as an arc welder. > > > >I've a 64 node Parsytec transputer system in the hall way with > >dual 5V 100A power supplies. Does that count? > > I spotted a device on the table of the company calibration office... > > As I recall, it was a 100A capable resistor... 0.10 OHM. > > No idea what it was meant for; big binding posts at one end, and a slab > of sheet steel in a "W" shape (smooth curves, not sharp bends). External shunt for an ammeter? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
