Re: Old Computers

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

those near San Jose may avail themselves of RAFT (they have become
"picayune" and accept only Pentia and pwr Macs.

http://www.raft.net/

bc

P.s. If you don't have a RAFT, start one.  SJ RAFT will tell you how, and
may even be a source of seed money.

"Steven T. Ratliff" wrote:

> Dear Phys-L,
>
> I just wanted to emphasize something Tim said.
>
> The 5 1/4-inch floppy drives have good stepper motors in them.  If you
> save the motor, the control card, and the power supply,  you have a
> stepper motor system.  With a second (working) computer, you can control
> the stepper motor.
>
> Steven T. Ratliff
> Associate Professor of Physics
> Northwestern College
> 3003 Snelling Ave. N.
> St. Paul,  MN     55113-1598
> U. S. A.
>
> Internet:  str@nwc.edu (or stratliff@nwc.edu)