HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: romeo@niagara.Tymnet.COM (Michael Stimac)
Newsgroups: rec.models.railroad
Subject: Re: HO Train and Accessories Quality
Date: 1 Jan 93 23:01:38 GMT
Organization: BT North America (Tymnet)

In article <03iowB1w164w@stauff.UUCP> ed@stauff.UUCP (Edward L. Stauff) writes:
>romeo@niagara.Tymnet.COM (Michael Stimac) writes:
>
>> As to this sort of book, I recently purchased _Easy-to-Build Electronic
>> Projects for Model Railroaders_ by Peter Throne. I'd like to warn
>> beginners to be wary of this book, because the information is
>> rather incomplete. Many of the projects described included circuit
>> diagrams, but no parts values ! The text includes references to
>> "parts lists", but there are in fact no parts lists. Unless you're
>> comfortable with scoping out a circuit diagram and guesstimating
>> parts values, this book won't be much help to you.
>
>I just wanted to set the record straight by mentioning that I have two
>books by Peter Thorne, "Practical Electronic Projects for Model Railroaders"
>and "34 New Electronic Projects for Model Railroaders", and neither one
>seems to have the problem that Michael reported in "Easy-To-Build...", which
>I have not seen.  Caveat emptor!
>
I should have mentioned in my earlier posting that the projects
are OK in themselves in the "Easy to Build..." book, and after
some educated guessing and trying a few parts values I got
good results with the "Improved Twin T" train detector circuit
which uses two Darlingtons back-to-back. In fact, I was able
to obtain reliable, glitch-free detection of a single boxcar
which had resistance paint on two axles while it was rolling
or stopped.

Michael Stimac

-- 
Michael Stimac
(415) 355-8889
romeo@tymnet.com
These opinions are not necessarily anyone's but my own.
From: pesce@flash.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Leo Pesce)
Newsgroups: rec.models.railroad
Subject: Re: Improving HO ConCor superliners
Date: 27 Dec 92 12:38:58 GMT

In article <1992Dec26.215207.18013@newstand.syr.edu>, cwebster@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Chris Webster) writes:

	[deleted]

> the correct trucks and diaphrams, but what can I do for interiors
> on this and other superliners?  Can I tint the windows somehow?  |Is
> that prototypical?  Suggestions for adding kadee couplers?  
> 
> Thanks for all your suggestions.

Jay-Bee makes coupler mounting pads for the ConCor and others.
If you look in the Walther catalog,  page 178, section couplers 
you will see it. It gives a brief description of the pads.

You can buy 1 pack, then build your own using the J.B. pads as
templates. In your case the article number is 116.

As for the tinting of windows. I once traveled from San Jose CA to
Seattle WA by Amtrak, both ways. Wonderfull trip. I was in a sleeper.
It was the first time I ever slept in a sleeper, in my own bed. I 
actually slept very well. Since the trip took about 24 hrs., I had
time to explore the train. If I remember correctly, from inside it
lokks like the windows is just glass like any automobile. From the
outside, it has a slight tint, less so in the longe car (I suppose
for the better viewing for the passengers ?!?!?). 

I have never done this, but you could mix a small ammount of Testor
Rubber color number 1183 with a lot of gloss clear and what Testor
calls Brush Cleaner, and spray over the windows on the outside. As I
said, I have never done this before, so you are better off try it on a
clear piece of plastic first (this will allow you to come up with the
right ammouts). 

Good luck

Leo
From: craig@kralizec.zeta.org.au (Craig Dewick)
Newsgroups: rec.models.railroad
Subject: information on Hornby Zero-1 system
Date: 19 Dec 1992 09:49:12 +1100
Organization: Kralizec Dialup Unix Sydney: +61-2-837-1183 V.42bis
NNTP-Posting-Host: kralizec.zeta.org.au
Keywords: technical info


Does anyone have any, or know of a source of any, well-detailed technical
information on the Hornby Zero-1 multi-train control system?

I have a member of my local BBS (not able to connect it to Internet because of
service restrictions) who is after as much technical info on this system as
possible.
 
Post replies as mail please.
-- 
 Craig Dewick               |        - Railway Preservation Industries -
 Send email to:             |            Supporting the Preservation
 craig@kralizec.zeta.org.au |          of Australia's Railway Heritage
From: ed@stauff.UUCP (Edward L. Stauff)
Newsgroups: rec.models.railroad
Subject: Re: Video and Model Railroad?
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 12:08:46 EST
Organization: Minstrelsy & Lutherie

gasser@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Nathan Gasser) writes:

> I was in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI this past week and
> there was quite an extravagent model railroad layout in the lobby.
> The feature catching everyone's attention was that one of the 
> locomotives had a video camera in it, and there were monitors on
> all four sides of the table showing the view as the train chugged about.
> The camera certainly didn't show in the train, and you had to look
> very carefully at the oncoming front of the train to see that there was
> a small hole where the camera peeked out.
> 
> Has anyone ever seen this done, or done it?  What does it take to get
> a small B/W video camera into a locomotive, and get the signal back to
> a monitor?

Lionel has (or had) a commercial product consisting of, if memory serves,
two locomotives: one powered, the other a dummy containing the CCD camera
and electronics.  Transmission of the video signal was, I believe, over
the rails.  I think this was an O gauge thing, and I sure it's been done
in HO as well.  Given the likely size of the camera and electronics, I'd
bet the same could be done in N scale, at least theoretically, though I've
never heard of it being done.


=============================================================================
Edward L. Stauff, Nashua NH; ed@stauff.UUCP *or* uunet!mv.com!gozer!stauff!ed
        "Specialization is for insects." -- Lazarus Long
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
From: sca@gese.ge14.mdadv.gv.at (Petzi Schweda)
Subject: Re: race jibes aka laydown jibes
Originator: sca@gese0n.ge14.mdadv.gv.at
Organization: MD-ADV, Vienna, Austria
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 06:50:46 GMT


In article <1992Dec22.153641.22015@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>, felixc@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (felix.cabral) writes:
|> I learned this jibe in cabarete off wave faces. Its much easier to laydown
|> the sail when your angled on a wave face. 
Fully agreeing to the rest of the article I feel a little bit worried 'bout this one. Doing a "lay down jibe" on a wave face (with a fine waveboard, I asume) is one thing, but pushing a nearly 10' long and 5" thick toilet door through a choppy-water-turn with as much speed as you can is another thing ...
I think (my personal ideas, no flames please) that's the main difference between wavesailing, where you have to commit (right term ?) to wind and waves, compared to sailing a slalomboard, where you challenge the conditions, trying to press your manouevers against wind and waves (and opponents too) ...
hi, Petzi
###################################################
Petzi Schweda (sca@gese.ge14.mdadv.gv.at)
MD-ADV, Municipality of the City of Vienna, Austria
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
From: andyh@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Andrew J. Huang)
Subject: Re: Freeskate (ice/asphalt sailing)
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:16:00 GMT


Fiberspar is getting into Freeskate because one of its employees,
Nevin somebody or another I think, learned to do it and was pissed he
didn't win everything.  So they cooperated with the designer to build
the board for him.  I think he is still designing with them.

As for building your own, the NE Windsurfing journal printed two or three
rough designs last year.  One mono-ski version, one plywood, and
something else I think.

If you're going to build one and you want some flex, try picking up a
pair of old skis from the trash or garage sale, or for that matter, if
you get up to Lexington MA, look me up.  Skis should flex better than
marine ply, but I'm not sure if that's what's needed.  A big part of
the performance is in the skateboard "trucks" that support the blades.
Freeskate sells their trucks ($$$) but maybe skateboard trucks will do
it instead.  (The trucks steer when you carve the board).

-andy
From: pjp@sloth.mlb.semi.harris.com (Pat J. Pinchera)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: Re: race jibes aka laydown jibes
Date: 22 Dec 92 18:19:10 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Interface & Control Systems, Inc., Melbourne FL


Great description Felix!! Question for you and anyone else who takes
their 12 foot boards out in over 18 knots (David T. or Bill M., are you
listening?).....

The conditions I find it most difficult to crank out a really good "round-
the-mark" jibes are on the One-Design with the 7.4 in over 18 knots.  I'm
dialed in, in the back straps, on a beam or not-too-broad reach, i.e.
like on the reaching legs of the "M" course, the mast track is all the way 
back at 14-15, maybe 13 if it's too choppy, and here comes the jibe mark. 
I step out of the back strap, place my foot just in front of it on the 
leeward side, lift up with my front foot (in the strap) to get that big 
old nose to turn, sheet in my back hand, extend my forward hand, and crank 
into the turn.  Things look good so far, but once I turn through the eye of 
the wind and go to flip the sail and transition my feet, I find that the 
combination of too much weight near the tail, the mast track all the way back, 
and those 7foot+ booms on the 7.4 cause the board to whip around into the
wind and I lose my plane and have to bear off to get going on the new
course.  I've tried flipping the sail sooner, and usually get backwinded on
the new tack (if I'm able to catch the new side of the booms since I
released early).

This is kind of hard to describe unless you've tried to jibe a 12 foot
course board in planing conditions with the track all the way back.  If
you or anyone else has some suggestions, I'm all ears (not like Perot or
Martin Lawrence :-)

Thanks,
Pat			 'P19'    

only 3 more weeks 'til the Tudor/Mistral Finals!!  Gotta have these 
jibes down by then!
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
From: felixc@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (felix.cabral)
Subject: Re: race jibes aka laydown jibes
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:14:23 GMT

In article <1992Dec22.181910.6383@mlb.semi.harris.com> pjp@sloth.mlb.semi.harris.com (Pat J. Pinchera) writes:
>
>Great description Felix!! Question for you and anyone else who takes
>their 12 foot boards out in over 18 knots (David T. or Bill M., are you
>listening?).....
>

Thanks Pat, now I just have to hit a higher percentage of these jibes and I'll
be happy. It takes a lot of practise even after you think you know what to do.

>The conditions I find it most difficult to crank out a really good "round-
>the-mark" jibes are on the One-Design with the 7.4 in over 18 knots.  I'm

I too have trouble with larger boards (ie 12') during high speed jibes.

>the wind and go to flip the sail and transition my feet, I find that the 
>combination of too much weight near the tail, the mast track all the way back, 
>and those 7foot+ booms on the 7.4 cause the board to whip around into the
>wind and I lose my plane and have to bear off to get going on the new
>course.  I've tried flipping the sail sooner, and usually get backwinded on
>the new tack (if I'm able to catch the new side of the booms since I
>released early).
>

I find that if I rail the board to hard it turns much tighter and it will
loose speed through the turn. When I take long carving arcs I come out of the
turn faster. I think thats where the laydown comes into play. It allows you
to speed through the turn with little speed lose if any (and shorter arcs).

I've tried flattening the board earlier in the turn. This keeps me from turning
to far into the wind. This seems to work for me. I still can't cut the arc
shorter with these beasties. When I do, I lose all forward speed after
flipping the sail. Thats because I do what you do. I sink the tail too much
during the turn.

How about some pointers Mike (MJ1)?

-- 
Felix Cabral         {felixc@mtgzfs3.att.com}      "Give me nukin winds,
AT&T Bell Labs       {  att!mtgzfs3!felixc  }       a rad board, rad waves,
Middletown,NJ        {     (908)957-5081    }       and a company sickday!"
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
From: somlo@swifty.dap.CSIRO.AU (Peter Somlo)
Subject: Raceing jibes please (again)
Organization: CSIRO, Division of Applied Physics, Sydney
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 02:12:39 GMT

Sorry to have missed it, but a few weeks ago there was a posting about the
`raceing jibe', where the sail is held down parallel to the water during
the jibe. Could someone please describe this again (in detail if possible).
In order of increasing wind-speeds I use the `power', `flare' and `carve'
jibes, but I can not do the `raceing' one. I suppose many readers would
appreciate a posting of this.
-- 
Dr Peter I. Somlo FIEEE | CSIRO Div. Appl.Phys. | "Every coin has three
Head RF/Microwave Proj. | Natl. Meast. Lab.     |  sides - at least"
FAX: 61-2-413-7383	| POB 218 Lindfield 2070|  (Somlo, cca. 1985)
TEL: 61-2-413-7505      | NSW AUSTRALIA         |
From: duckgybe@shakala.com (Bill Geisinger)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: post
Date: 30 Dec 92 20:31:21 GMT
Organization: Shakala BBS (ClanZen Radio Network) Sunnyvale, CA 408-734-2289

Costa Rica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lake Arenal
It is happening as you read. Just arrived back from a very short 
excursion to Lake Arenal in north Costa Rica. It never stopped blowing! 
Day and night,night and day! I personally never sailed anything bigger 
than a 3.9 the whole timeand I actually spent about three hours on a 2.9 
the whole time was spent on an 8'2" board or smaller. Warm water, big 
chop,plenty of blisters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do Costa Rica now or you 
won't get a chance to benefit from the minimum amount of sailors on the 
water,(15 was the maximum). By the way my 10 day trip was not two 
expensive except for the air fare. I stayed and ate at thr Rock River 
Lodge and rented gear from Tico Wind. Enjoy

------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill Geisinger  - duckgybe@shakala.com 
Shakala BBS (ClanZen Radio Network) Sunnyvale, CA 408-734-2289
From: michaels@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Robert Michaelson)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: Bonaire
Date: 29 Dec 92 18:16:57 GMT
Reply-To: michaels@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Robert Michaelson)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

Happy Holidays-

Back in July, I posted to the net for info on windsurfing in Bonaire.
In the replies, a few of the people wanted me to post how my trip went.
(I went for a week over Christmas, got back dec. 27).

The trip was great.  Only got two days of windsurfing in sailing on
a Bic electric? (not sure about the name, it was 8'8" long) with a 5.2
sq.m. sail.  I sailed on Lac Bay as the good folks on the net advised
me to do at Ernst's "Windsurfing Bonaire".  When the breeze was good
it was aneasy-going place to sail.  Ernst had a large selection of gear
and it was not too crowded.  I think at the most there were 10 boards
on the water at one time.  The bic was a very comfortable board to sail.

When the wind was not so good the snorkeling on the leeward side is
very impressive.  We stayed at Sand Dollar.  There is no beach, but
steps lead down to the calm water when you want to dive, etc.  Great
Place!

The locals on the island were the friendliest of any island I have been
on.  I guess this is because Bonaire is not totally swamped with tourists
yet.  I sure hope it stays that way.

Well Back to work- depressing thought after 8 days of sun and fun.

rob
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
From: ngs@sailor.bellcore.com (Ned Stoffel 21374)
Subject: sandy hook still accessible
Reply-To: ngs@bellcore.com
Organization: Network Technology Research Lab, Bellcore
Distribution: nj
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 22:24:02 GMT

I was out on Sandy Hook last night. There are no apparent
access problems at Horseshoe Cove, and except for some displaced
sand, no real problems at Lot C. Parking lot D is pretty ripped
up because there were no protective structures there. I saw the
Hook from the Mt Mitchell overlook during the height of the
storm. The waves were passing right through lot D on there way to
Spermacetti Cove. The North beach was also eroded pretty badly, and
the parking lots are damaged there. There will be wind tomorrow,
but be sure to bring your ice scraper. I hear ice on your
sails spoils the airflow and makes you too heavy to jump :-)

Ned
From: hanu@jargon.whoi.edu (Hanumant Singh)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: Freeskate (ice/asphalt sailing)
Date: 27 Dec 92 18:37:36 GMT
Organization: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution



Fiberspar just introduced its Freeskate. this is a fibreglass platform for 
ice and road sailing - so forget skiing as you can now break your bones as 
easily by sailing on ice/asphalt.  

I believe they bought out rights to the Freeskate which until last year was 
manufactured by some guy who had more designer than marketing skills. Last year
a friend tried to get buy one. The only way of contacting the designer (i 
forget his name) was to leave a message for him with his mother (as he did not 
have his own phone!). Sorry for rambling on but i can't sail and  my thesis is 
not due for a couple of years. I have to kill time somehow.

The Fiberspar version of the Freeskate is about six feet long. It is priced 
at ~$600 ($400 is what it cost last year) though the price is expected to drop 
later on. Fiberspar is also expected to push to promote ice sailing as a 
one-design class with its Freeskate as the board of choice. 
I am currently building my own freeskate (can't afford the big bucks option). 
I have looked at some other designs and think i have a good handle on the 
dimensions and overall design. I am thinking of using two layers of 3/8" 
Marine Plywood. A carpenter friend will be helping me in ensuring that I 
have enough flexibility and strength.
I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has built, or looking to build, 
something similar. 
 
I did try using a toys'r'us cheap skateboard but found it to be kind of
unstable on the road. It probably would not work on ice at all. 
 
                                                   Hanu
                                                   hanu@jargon.whoi.edu
From: tmr@faceplnt.dr.att.com (54626-RebmanTM(DR1867)000)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: Re: Hood River Memorial Hospital
Date: 22 Dec 92 17:18:10 GMT
Reply-To: tmr@drutx!att.com
Organization: Bell Labs, DCTT, Denver, Co.


Someone posted a couple of weeks ago requesting positive experiences with
Hood River Memorial Hospital.  I have been very busy and not had a chance
to respond, but the boss is out this week so....

I paid an unscheduled visit last summer when I broke my ankle.  I guess
I've been pretty fortunate 'cause this was my first hospital/surgery
experience (aside from the standard ER, stitches, etc.)  The staff
at HR Memorial were great, and it was, despite the circumstances, a 
good experience.  The Orthopedist who did the surgery (2 screws) was 
Dr. Durkan.  I'm very happy with the work he did.  My ankle is 
completely back to full strength.. and in fact, it's pretty difficult to see 
a scar from the surgery... which has a downside in that, as one of our 
net.gods says, "chicks dig scars".  Dr. Durkan is also an avid sailor --
he has a waterproof pager and had to be paged off the water to see me -- 
apologize again to him from me -- it was a 3.5 day.  (Fortunately it was
about 7:30pm when he got the page for those who were about to flame ;)

I have to say that the best part of the whole hospital stay was that 
little morphine dispenser that they hook you up to after surgery.  I'm
thinking about getting a portable for office use.  Oh yea, while I'm at
it -- the first hospital I went to was (I think) While Salmon 'cause
it was closest to Dougs.  They were also excellent, but didn't quite have
staff/facilities/experience to do the job so they sent me to HRM/Dr. Durkan.

Hope none of you ever need to make use of this tip.

-- Tom Rebman (tmr@drutx.att.com)
From: jones@colisd.COLONIAL.COM (Libby Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: windsurfing and a caribbean cruise
Date: 31 Dec 92 16:29:13 GMT
Reply-To: jones@colisd.UUCP ()
Distribution: na
Organization: Colonial Management, Boston

I am going on a caribbean cruize for the first time and will be
going to many islands.  I would like to get some windsurfing in while
at a few islands.  Does anyone know if you really have enough time
to do that on a cruise?  At each port we stop for about
10 hours.  If anyone has been to the ports please let me know
if the wind is good and where to go and where to rent equipment.

our itinerary:    Aruba -- 9hrs
                  La Guira -- 8 hrs
                  Grenada -- 7 hrs
                  Barbados -- 10 hrs
                  St. Lucia  -- 10 hrs
                  Martinique -- 10 hrs
                  St. Maartin -- 10 hrs
                  St. Thomas -- 12 hrs


We sail from Jan 8 to Jan 18.

I am a low level intermediate (I guess).  Can do beach starts,
20% of my water starts, Gybes in light winds, use the harness all
the time, and am back at the footstraps but not in them.  I sail
on a transition board.  Unfortunatly, I only sailed about
3 times last year so I'm a little rusty.

Please post to the news group as our email is broken.

Thanks for any tips!!!

P.S.  My boyfriend is also going.  He is pretty much a beginer --
can do some beach starts and is starting to use the harness.
From: jmunro@wyse.wyse.com (Jim Munro x2497)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: Re: Contact Lenses
Date: 23 Dec 92 20:39:23 GMT
Organization: Wyse Technologies San Jose, Ca

In article <1ha873INNccg@early-bird.think.com> dkramer@think.com (David Kramer) writes:
>
>While we are on the subject of contact lenses... Okay we're not really 
>on the subject of contact lenses but we were a while back. Someone
>mentioned that they get disposables from a mail-order supplier (was it
>Felix?). I am looking for a new supplier, so I would appreciate any advice
>about mail order, or locally in the Boston area.
>

I get mine from Lens Express. My last pair of B&L extended wear soft
lenses cost around $45 incl postage.

I signed up wiuth a program under which they send me a new pair every 6 months.

I am very happy with their service but don't have their phone number handy.

Jim Munro
From: andrewl@cs.anu.edu.au (Andrew Longhorn (Vac Scholar))
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: Re: Raceing jibes?
Date: 22 Dec 1992 21:50:11 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, ANU, Australia
Distribution: world
Reply-To: andrewl@cs.anu.edu.au
NNTP-Posting-Host: barnard.anu.edu.au


I don't mean to "pick" at the terminology but aren't these
called "drop-sail gybes"?

Your rig should be totally light in the middle of the gybe so theoretically
you should be able to do anything with it, and what better way to reduce
the wind resistance than simply laying it down near the water.

Just learn them by keeping your weight forward (towards the nose of the board)
and progressively drop the sail further every time you gybe. (start of just leaning
with the sail a little as you gybe).

On a more interesting note:
    How many here can pull off a monkey gybe?

 (the one where you run around the front of the board).

Andrew Longhorn

andrewl@cs.anu.edu.au
From: jmunro@wyse.wyse.com (Jim Munro x2497)
Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
Subject: Re: Wind Speeds (was Re: More wind tomorrow?)
Date: 22 Dec 92 01:35:19 GMT
Organization: Wyse Technologies San Jose, Ca

In article <uh311ae.724722765@sunmanager> uh311ae@sunmanager.LRZ-Muenchen.DE (Henrik Klagges) writes:
>>Ken "let's get rid of the California central valley" Poulton
>
>Hey, without the central valley, the DELTA wouldn't blow ! NO GOOD !
>Henrik

The Central Valley sucks...... that's why it blows here.........



Jim Munro