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From: gans@ee.ualberta.ca (Kevin Gans)
Newsgroups: alt.autos.antique
Subject: data aquisition
Summary: Looking for inexpensive 12-bit data aq. brd. for PC
Keywords: 12-bit aquisition boards
Date: 11 Sep 92 19:40:53 GMT
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada

Wish to finda source for 12-bit data aq. brd. w/12-bit res.;
ADC (and less importantly DAC); one channel in (one ch. out if DAC)
;approx. 100 kHz sampling rate for the ADC.
				       Thank- you for your help
Newsgroups: alt.autos.antique
From: brooks@mcnc.org (Ted Brooks)
Subject: Re: Help for Oldsmobile Futuramic 98 model year 1948
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Distribution: alt.autos.antique
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:28:40 GMT

In article <ATLAN.92Sep10191434@gorisa.cs.tu-berlin.de> atlan@cs.tu-berlin.de (Bertram Walter) writes:
>        my father bought the Oldsmobile half a year ago from Florida
>        (USA, where else). But to get a license for driving it in
>        Germany some things have to be installed, which are missing. 
>
The first question is - does the car still have the 6 volt electrical system?
If so, this makes the problem slightly more difficult.

>        1. There are no directions lights.
>           Knows someone where to get a kit for complete installation
>           of direction lights.
>
J.C. Whitney and several other mail order retailers used to sell these. If 
one cannot be found, it could be built with a 6 volt flasher unit, a SPDT
switch with a center "off" position, and auxilary lamps front and rear. It
is best to purchase these locally and get a friend who knows electrical
devices and German lighting requirements to wire the car.

>        2. The headlamps are wrong for Germany, they are have a sealed
>           beam headlighting system, which is not allowed in Germany. 
>           Does anyone know, where to get the right headlamps for this
>           car.
>
Try using a 7 inch Hella or Cibie halogen headlight. If this isn't available,
try the headlight out of a 6 volt Volkswagen. Any 7 inch headlight should fit.

 
Ted Brooks
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From: dpl@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (douglas.p.linden)
Newsgroups: alt.autos.antique
Subject: Flea Markets
Date: 11 Sep 92 17:49:05 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories

Well, we are finally about to get to the best time of year
for some serious parts hunting.  Here in the northeast I'll
heading to Bennington VT (great car show as well), Carlisle,
and then Hershey.  I hope that other netters will also  be 
attending, if so let's hope for dry weather!
Newsgroups: alt.autos.antique
From: mrein3@CFSMO.Honeywell.COM (Matt Rein #3)
Subject: insurance
To: alt.autos.antique
Posted-Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 12: 51:52 cdt
Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:51:52 GMT
Received-Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 12: 51:58 CDT

> 
> Could someone reccomend a good insurance company that will
> insure my car for a reasonable price, and let me drive it once
> in a while?!!
> 
> 
> I can handle a 2500 Mile per year limit, but to limit WHEN and
> WHERE I can drive it is Rediculous.
> 
> I also need a company that will let someone under 25 drive the
> car.
> 
> I would think that any insurance company would want to insure
> this car, because it is a car that is taken care of, and
> driven only in nice weather, and not verry often!
> 
> Marc.
> 

I insure my '71 Malibu rag-top for about $120 for 6 monthes (I only drive
it in the summer).  It has full coverage, glass, colision, etc.  I had to
have it appraised by their claim adjuster and I have to have a "primary"
car insured by them at the time.  I'm under 25.  The insurance guy said
nothing about limited milage but the car has to be 20 or more years old.
This is through American Family Insurance.

My '72 hard-top is gonna get the same deal next summer.

A guy I work with has some special deal like mine on his '91 SHO.

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Newsgroups: alt.autos.antique
From: dkp@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (david.pearson)
Subject: Positive ground questions
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: bl
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 16:19:03 GMT

	I am currently restoring a vehichle with a positive ground 
electrical system an I am quite baffled. I understand the concept 
behind negative ground systems but I am not sure what is going on
with the postive ground. How does voltage get transfered to the coil?
the starter? What would cause a power drain? How would I go about testing
this system and trouble-shooting problems? Any insight appreciated.


						Dave Pearson
						attmail!dpearson

Newsgroups: alt.autos.antique
From: milliganc@woods.ulowell.edu
Subject: New Technology!?!
Organization: University of Lowell
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:54:22 GMT

	A few years ago it came to my relization that the automobile's 
development occurs in circles..........
	
	How about a car with;
			Front wheel drive,
			Independent front suspention,
			Dual overhead camshafts,
			Four valves per cylinder,
			Supercharged,
			Alfin brakes,
			Made in U.S.A.
			Etc.?
Check out a MILLER, from the 1920's!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S.: Much of Harry Miller's creations were old technology then,
Example: Walter Christie's FWD race car, 1904 and the De Dion system of
independent suspention (also used by Allard, Corvette, Jaguar, etc.)
which was developed in the late 1800's.
 	Good day and pleasent motoring,
	        KILROY
 
Newsgroups: alt.autos.antique
From: mdl@phelixsalt (Michael Lynch)
Subject: Re: Flea Markets
Reply-To: mdl@phelixsalt (Michael Lynch)
Organization: Bellcore
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 11:42:49 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.194354.17773@julian.uwo.ca>, wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) writes:
|> In article <1992Sep11.181138.25403@walter.bellcore.com> mdl@phelixsalt (Michael Lynch) writes:
|> >I'm at Carlisle Spring and Fall, rain or shine.  Wouldn't miss it.
|> >Never fails that I come away from there with a real "find."
|> 
|> Where is Carlisle?  When?  What?  and how much?
|> 
|> 


Carlisle, Pa.  The two biggest fleas/shows are Spring Carlisle, usually
about the third week in April, and Fall Carlisle, usually the first week
in October.  This year Fall Carlisle is October 1-4.  The town of Carlisle
is about 45 minutes west of Harrisburg.  I usually stay in Mechanicsburg,
about 10 miles east of Carlisle.  All the motels in the area are usually
completely booked two or three months before the events, so unless you're
close enough for day trips you have to make reservations well in advance.

Admission is $5/day, or $15 for all four days (I think).  There are usually
about 8000 vendors and several thousand cars for show/sale.

It's great.  Four days of dirt, grease, rust, port-o-johns, bad food,
good company, and just about everything imaginable for cars.


Mike
Newsgroups: alt.autos.antique
Subject: Need Help - Parts Supp. Research
From: dsivewright@vax1.umkc.edu
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 18:59:49 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City

Does anyone have any suggestions about where I could find resources/information
on major parts suppliers/manufacturers in the U.S. and around the world?  Are
there any trade magazines which provide this kind of information?  Is there 
someplace I can get statistical data about who makes what where, who buys from
whom, etc.?  
Yeah - this is for some grad research and no - I don't know shit about cars.
Anybody with any ideas as to where to get started will have my undying 
appreciation and will have my first son named after them.
E-mail is best for me as I don't get to read NEWS very often, however post all
the flames you want about grads who are stupid enough to take classes outside
there discipline.
Thanks to all of you kindly souls in advance,
						DSIVEWRIGHT@VAX1.UMKC.EDU
Newsgroups: alt.autos.antique
From: jws@billy.mlb.semi.harris.com (James W. Swonger)
Subject: Re: Info Req: Body off Frame
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:55:09 GMT
Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Melbourne FL

 I've seen pictures showing the body supported by two stands, one at each
end, sort of like engine stands, mounted to the frame mounts. To remove the
body from the frame you need to take off 8-10 body mounts - 2 right up
front, 2 at the very rear and a couple of pairs through the middle. Also
some hoses, cables, etc. must be removed and the front fenders and nose
wall have to come off; they aren't part of the main body.

 You could probably get by with just raising the body although I have
heard of a place that fabricated a special rack which let them rotate
the body on its longitudinal axis, making for much easier underside
repairs/painting.

 If the body looks like it has a lot of floorboard rust you should be
extra careful; the tunnel and door sills are the only strength through 
the middle on the convertible and the body itself is not really called
upon to bear any load usually (the frame does that) - you could have
a problem with flexing if the body is weakened much. Leaving the doors in 
could help some but makes everyting heavier. 

 If all you want to do is clean up and paint the frame and underside 
you can try just separating one side at the mounts, carefully jacking 
up the loose side, clean/repair/paint whatever, replace the mounts
(they probably are due) and then around to the other side. You should 
be able to get a foot or so of working room before you run out of 
compliance in the opposite side's mounts. The body has more strength 
across it (firewall, seat back and axle hump) than fore-aft. This approach 
also keeps the body lined up and requires only a couple of support 
stands. However you will not be able to get at the entire frame at once.
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Newsgroups: alt.autos.antique
From: jbn@photon.uucp (Joe Naiman)
Subject: 1958 Lincoln Premier for Sale
Organization: Photon Research Associates, Inc.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:50:43 GMT


A friend of mine has a 1958 Lincoln Premier for sale.  It's not in
running condition and needs glass, but the body is good.

It's a 2-door hardtop.  He's asking $600.00.

I will forward responses to him, but if you wish to reach him
directly you can call Ben at (619) 455-9741 (w) or (619) 286-1936 (h)


Joe Naiman
Newsgroups: alt.autos.antique
From: kbr@cbnews.cb.att.com (kenneth.b.reber)
Subject: Re: Info Req: Body off Frame
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:13:25 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.135509.16042@mlb.semi.harris.com> jws@billy.mlb.semi.harris.com (James W. Swonger) writes:
> I've seen pictures showing the body supported by two stands, one at each
>end, sort of like engine stands, mounted to the frame mounts. To remove the
>body from the frame you need to take off 8-10 body mounts - 2 right up
>front, 2 at the very rear and a couple of pairs through the middle. Also

Starting around the beginning of this year, Cars and Parts magazine ran
a pictorial on a frame off restoration of a '57 Chevy convert. The last
issue (Sept) started the reassembly process. They intend to give it away
to a lucky subscriber with the award presentation at Hershey.  The
series was (is) very good.  There is also a video tape that can be
purchased showing the restoration steps.

They built supports for the door openings to strengthen the body whey
it is removed from the frame.

Try the Library to get the back issues.

Ken
Newsgroups: alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
From: whs70@dancer.uucp (22501-sohl)
Subject: now on TV also..was Re: Anti-regulation ads. in the paper
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 07:17:38 GMT


The anti-regulation ads are now on TV also.  There was one on
one of the channels I had on tonight (A&E) I think.

The ads provide an 800 number to call and record your
opposition to the legislation so your congressperson can
be notified.

Standard Disclaimer- Any opinions, etc. are mine and NOT my employer's.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Morristown, NJ             email via UUCP      bcr!dancer!whs70
201-829-2879 Weekdays      email via Internet  whs70@dancer.cc.bellcore.com
From: jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan)
Newsgroups: alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
Subject: Re: >>>>>Cablevision lies
Keywords: cable tv regulation
Date: 12 Sep 92 16:28:56 GMT
Organization: FAA Technical Center, Atlantic City NJ

map@svl.cdc.com (Mark Peters) writes:

>To advocate government regulation of an industry (any industry) is
>implicitly to claim the right to the use and disposal of other people's 
>lives and property.  Why is this not clear to those of you who support 
>government regulation of the economy, or if it is clear, how do you
>justify it? 

  Jeez, you *are* clueless!  Your logic would make it right for GE, GD or
any other weapons manufacturer to sell their products to *anyone* since it
is their company, property and therefore, their right to do with it as they
choose.

  -jack-
Newsgroups: alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
From: ac953@yfn.ysu.edu (Walter Mathews)
Subject: Re: >>>>>Cablevision lies
Organization: Youngstown State University/Youngstown Free-Net
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 13:59:16 GMT


One region of the country with competing cable systems is Allentown
Pa.  The reasons Allentown has competing systems is that 1) Allentown
does not receive broadcast TV very well, and 2) Allentown has a high
population density.  Consequently, in that area it is profitable for
two cable companies to compete since almost all residents subscribe
to cable.
 
I think I read this in a Rand study by Leland Johnson.  It was either
_Residential Broadband Services by Telephone Companies_ or _Common
Carrier Delivery of Video_.
 
I think the strongest argument for regulating basic cable rates is
that basic cable has an inelastic demand.  That is people will pay
for a certain amount of cable regardless of price.  Increasing the
price of basic service does not cause many to drop the service.
 
As far as competition for cable, the Rand studies by Johnson conclude
the the most likely competition for cable is Direct Broadcast Satellite.
The Telephone companies would be unlikely competitors because of making
a profit with switched broadband is unlikely.
 
 
Walter Mathews
 
Newsgroups: alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
From: grad@sparky.drad.umn.edu (Jonathan Grad)
Subject: Re: We need COMPETITION, not Re-regulation
Organization: University of Minnesota, Radiology Department
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 23:57:27 GMT

In article <3712@faatcrl.UUCP> jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan) writes:
>  The point you're missing, and the reason why regulation is necessary, is to
>*stabilize* prices so that we don't see the exhorborant rate increases that
>we've seen over the past decade.
>
>  -jack-
Again, I must repeat: Cable tv is already regulated.  What we are
talking about is adding further regulations. 
As for exorbitant price hikes, there is a simple principle:  If the
price is too high don't buy the good/service.
There are other modes of information/entertainment that are available.
To refresh your memory:
1) Non-cable TV
2) Radio (am/fm/shortwave*)
3) Books
4) Movies
5) Videos
6) Concerts
etc
* for CNN junkies, with an inexpensive shortwave radio, you can
have all the news you want from around the world.
From: jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan)
Newsgroups: alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
Subject: Re: >>>>>Cablevision lies
Keywords: cable tv regulation
Date: 12 Sep 92 04:03:48 GMT
Organization: FAA Technical Center, Atlantic City NJ

map@svl.cdc.com (Mark Peters) writes:

>You are right, the rub *is* determining what constitutes a realistic profit.
>But the question is, who has the *right* to make this determination?
>I say that right belongs *exclusively* to the owners of the company, not
>to you or I.  Our only right in the matter is the right to refuse
>to patronize a company whose terms we don't accept. 

  Sorry, they lost their "right" to run their industry based on the track
record of rate increases that they've compiled in the decade since it was
deregulated.

  Competition is the best form of regulation, always has been.  Unfortunately,
like the public utilities, cable TV does not translate well to a competitive
environment.

  Until new technologies free us from the dependance on a coaxial intrusion
into our homes and allow competition to flourish, regulation is the only
solution.

>What I said in the quoted paragraph above was exactly correct.  It
>is immoral and a violation of individual rights to force either 
>side in a trade to accept the terms of the other, no matter how
>much one side might desire what the other has, and no matter how rare
>that product/service might be. 

  It's just as immoral to exploit people whom you have complete control over.

  -jack-
From: shagan@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Susan Hagan)
Newsgroups: alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
Subject: Re: We need COMPETITION, not Re-regulation
Date: 14 Sep 92 15:47:53 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan) writes:

>jfc@salmon.sea.macsch.com (Jack Castro) writes:

>>I strongly believe the solution is to allow competition amongst the various
>>Cable TV companies over the same cables or over fiber optic networks. This
>>should improve service and product quality just as it has done in the long-
>>distance telephone industry. 

>  Cable TV and telephones are not the same thing.  One is a distributive system
>where the source propagates out to the receivers in a unidirectional fashion
>while the other is a discrete network of point-to-point connections allowing
>two-way communication.  The technologies involved are entirely dissimilar.

Not entirely.  True, the telephone is two-way, and cable is one way, but
I think the original poster is referring to the capability of receiving 
his choice of long distance company over one common carrier line.  The
fact that cable delivery can be addressable indicates that, given sufficient
capacity on the lines, a similar choice of cable services could be made
available over a single, common carrier line.

>  The *only* solution to the competition problem in the cable TV industry is
>to remove the cable.  Wireless systems would provide the competition that would
>obviate the need for regulation.

Yes, it could.  Currently, it is probably the only viable technology.  However,
once optical fiber is available in the home, the way is paved for a whole
new host of opportunities.

>  It's quite true that regulation will not lower prices, it might even raise
>them a few dollars in the short run.

Not that I don't believe you, but I am interested in the specifics of this
claim.  Are you saying that this is because the bill, itself, was written
badly or that any regulation would have this effect?

>  The point you're missing, and the reason why regulation is necessary, is to
>*stabilize* prices so that we don't see the exhorborant rate increases that
>we've seen over the past decade.

Yes, I definately agree with that.

-- 
Susan R. Hagan (shagan@gandalf.rutgers.edu) 
Publications Coordinator - User Services
Rutgers University Computing Services
From: map@svl.cdc.com (Mark Peters)
Newsgroups: alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
Subject: >>>>>Cablevision lies
Summary: Follow of S. Hagan article
Keywords: cable tv regulation
Date: 4 Sep 92 18:35:56 GMT
Reply-To: map@svl.cdc.com
Organization: Control Data Corporation, Silicon Valley Operations

In <Sep.3.14.09.12.1992.5128@gandalf.rutgers.edu> shagan@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Susan Hagan) writes:

>rslugg@med.unc.edu (Robert Slugg) writes:

>>                                        As long as you give your cable
>>provider $ each month, they don't give a damn about your whining on the
>>net.

>Right.  Which is why they need to be regulated.  Then they will give a 
>damn whether they want to or not.  

Do you realize that your words imply that you want to enslave the people
who produce cable television?  "Cable companies don't give a damn about
me the customer, so lets get the government to point a gun at their
heads in order to make them give a damn."  But why shouldn't we instead
get the government to point a gun at *your* head in order to make *you*
give a damn about cable companies?  

Cable companies have something you want (cable tv); you have something 
the cable companies want (money).  The cable companies want to get the 
highest price possible for their services, and you want to pay the lowest 
price possible.  What argument on earth justifies forcing cable companies 
to lower their prices which doesn't also justify forcing *you* to pay a 
higher price?  
 
The cable companies who treat their customers like they don't matter are
precisely the companies who have been granted a government monopoly
over a certain geographical area.  Competition against these companies
is *illegal*.  It is *this* type of company that doesn't "... give a
damn ..." about customers.

A cable company (and any other company) has a moral *right*
to whatever profits it can make -- so long as it is done without 
coercion.  Government granted monopolies are immoral and a violation
of everybody's rights (and ought to be illegal) because they *do*
involve coercion.

>                                   And don't believe any of that crap
>that your cable company may send you telling you that reregulation will
>cause your prices to go up.  Part of the point of re-regulation is to
>keep your prices down.

Of course prices won't go up -- the government (backed by people like
you) will point a gun at cable company owners and *force them* to
keep their prices down.

>The consumer can only benefit from reregulation and the cable companies
>are shaking in their shoes.

I'm shaking in my shoes because I can't believe that our universities
produce (or employ) people who so openly and unashamedly advocate the 
enslavement of businessmen.  I take that back; I can believe it -- but
it still scares the hell out of me.


--
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Control Data Systems, Inc.                  ****** == "What a save!!!" ==
Internet: map@svl.cdc.com                   ****** == "What an idea!!" ==
Newsgroups: alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
From: grad@sparky.drad.umn.edu (Jonathan Grad)
Subject: Re: >>>>>Cablevision lies
Organization: University of Minnesota, Radiology Department
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 04:02:58 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.135916.12942@news.ysu.edu> ac953@yfn.ysu.edu (Walter Mathews) writes:
>
> 
>I think the strongest argument for regulating basic cable rates is
>that basic cable has an inelastic demand.  That is people will pay
>for a certain amount of cable regardless of price.  Increasing the
>price of basic service does not cause many to drop the service.
> 
Try raising the price one hundred fold and see how inelastic the
demand is.
Furthermore, just because a commodity has an inelastic demand does
not mean its price should be regulated.