Re: [OCLUG-Tech] What happens when an 18 year old buys a mainframe?

2017-05-17 Thread Aaron E
Thanks for the video. On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Rob Echlin wrote: > Pretty much what happens when any geek buys a mainframe. > Rob > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45X4VP8CGtk -- Rob Echlin, B. Eng. > 613-266-8311 - Ottawa, Canada > - http://rob2.echlin.ca/ > - https://linkedin.com/in/r

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] What happens when an 18 year old buys a mainframe?

2017-05-17 Thread Gwyneth Morrison
Me too, till they got cheap enough so i could buy one myself. Then I became a consultant. G On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 10:14 PM, Ian E. Gorman wrote: > But, then again, you could do what I did - let my _employer_ buy the > computer > > On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Rob Echlin wrote: > >>

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] good place to get embedded board power adapters locally?

2017-05-17 Thread Alan McKay
Active sells a good universal supply similar to the one in the link you gave. Though it is only 1.7A http://www.active123.com/685191-Universal-Switching-Adapter-Regulated-Output-3-45-6-75-9-12VDC-17A-Prodview.html ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclu

[OCLUG-Tech] good place to get embedded board power adapters locally?

2017-05-17 Thread rpjday
i need to pick up a couple power adapters as described here: http://www.96boards.org/product/power/ trick is that the connector is smaller than normal -- 4.75/1.7 mm as opposed to 5.5/2.1 mm. i know i can get an adapter to step that down at gervais electronics, but the basic power adapter itsel