Hi folks -- long time no post.
I'm wondering if there's anyone who would be interested in trying to fix my
Shugart 850/851 8-inch floppy drive. It was new old stock when I bought it,
and hasn't been used much, but last time I tried it, it would no longer
read any data from the back of a floppy, on
On Sun, 14 Jan 2024, Tim Mann wrote:
and hasn't been used much, but last time I tried it, it would no longer
read any data from the back of a floppy, only from the front. I use it with
a Catweasel and my cw2dmk software, so I was able to try a few experiments
from the software side. What I see is
On Sunday (01/14/2024 at 09:55PM -0600), Chris Elmquist via cctalk wrote:
> There are a number of WWVB simulator projects out there that will transmit a
> weak but usable signal to your clock after getting sync’d from ntp or GPS
> NMEA time messages. They were developed to help people develop re
On 1/15/2024 10:47 AM, Chris Elmquist via cctalk wrote:
On Sunday (01/14/2024 at 09:55PM -0600), Chris Elmquist via cctalk wrote:
There are a number of WWVB simulator projects out there that will transmit a
weak but usable signal to your clock after getting sync’d from ntp or GPS NMEA
time
>Message: 17
>Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 12:52:15 -0500
>From: Bill Gunshannon
>Subject: [cctalk] Re: WWVB
>To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
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>On 1/15/2024 10:47 AM, Chris Elmquist via cctalk wrote:
>> On Sunday (01/14/2024 at 09:55PM -0
I'm in San Jose, Calif. I have a cheap clock that I picked up at a garage sale.
It being a cheap clock, uses a ferite rod, so is quite directional. Also, I
need to place it in a window as well. It seems to pick up the signal at least
once a day, most likely after dark.
Mine blinks the antenna si
>
> Your original email with the link did not make it into the digest, which is
> what I receive.
>
> Chirs, Did you also send it directly to Bill. Perhaps that is what he got.
>
> Bob
Yes, sorry. I sent the follow-up hastily on an iPad, and the URL I thought I
was pasting was an image and
