gEDA-user: ben mode

2008-12-27 Thread DJ Delorie
... is now called photo mode with suitable option changes. The old --ben-* options still work, but are no longer documented. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: electrolytic capacitors

2008-12-27 Thread Dave McGuire
On Dec 27, 2008, at 5:40 AM, Robas, Teodor wrote: Do not count on this kind of capacitors: http://deep-blue.ro/tmp/chinese%20capacitor.jpg :)) Oh. My. God. *shudder* That does it...I'm now going to stick EVERY ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR I BUY on a bridge before I use it.

Re: gEDA-user: electrolytic capacitors

2008-12-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 27 December 2008, Robas, Teodor wrote: Do not count on this kind of capacitors: http://deep-blue.ro/tmp/chinese%20capacitor.jpg :)) What a ripoff. No way in hell that would last more than a day, if that long with 50 volts of bias on it, (I'd guess 10 minutes max) and I'd have

Re: gEDA-user: OT: Recommendations for laptop?

2008-12-27 Thread Larry Doolittle
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 02:01:12PM -0800, Dave N6NZ wrote: One thing I've always liked about the Thinkpad's/Lenovo's is the excellent feel and behavior of the pressure stick. Works great. My new Lenovo has both a stick (which I like and use) and also a scratcher, which keeps getting in

Re: gEDA-user: electrolytic capacitors

2008-12-27 Thread Dan McMahill
Gene Heskett wrote: They can explode pretty violently, so let me tell you a story. Back in the mid-60's I came across a tube type, mobile cb radio that had to be one of the few attempts to build one for a 6 volt vehicle system, and predated the old Johnson whiteface by probably 10 years.

Re: gEDA-user: electrolytic capacitors

2008-12-27 Thread Dave McGuire
On Dec 27, 2008, at 2:17 PM, Dan McMahill wrote: They can explode pretty violently, so let me tell you a story. Back in the mid-60's I came across a tube type, mobile cb radio that had to be one of the few attempts to build one for a 6 volt vehicle system, and predated the old

Re: gEDA-user: electrolytic capacitors

2008-12-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 27 December 2008, Dan McMahill wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: They can explode pretty violently, so let me tell you a story. Back in the mid-60's I came across a tube type, mobile cb radio that had to be one of the few attempts to build one for a 6 volt vehicle system, and predated