[2018-11-28 17:30:42 CET] * zx81jens joined [2018-11-28 17:31:07 CET] * zx81jens set topic to 'Zeddy4Ever' [2018-11-28 17:31:40 CET] hallihallo. ich wollte auch mal wieder mitreden :-) [2018-11-28 22:12:27 CET] so, nun war ic zwar lange online, habe aber gaar nicht geredet... sowas :-) [2018-11-28 22:12:34 CET] * zx81jens quit (EOT) [2018-11-30 19:00:33 CET] * siggi joined [2018-11-30 19:01:08 CET] * siggi set topic to 'Zeddy4E4' [2018-11-30 23:18:42 CET] N8 [2018-11-30 23:18:56 CET] * siggi quit (EOT) [2018-12-01 16:25:21 CET] * bokje joined [2018-12-01 18:03:21 CET] * siggi joined [2018-12-01 18:04:25 CET] * siggi quit (EOT) [2018-12-01 19:23:24 CET] * bokje set topic to 'zeddy4ever' [2018-12-01 22:16:43 CET] * bokje quit (ping timeout) [2018-12-02 19:55:33 CET] * rune joined [2018-12-02 19:59:59 CET] * heinz joined [2018-12-02 20:00:08 CET] hello dave. [2018-12-02 20:00:16 CET] hello heinz [2018-12-02 20:00:30 CET] how are you, [2018-12-02 20:00:34 CET] ? [2018-12-02 20:00:57 CET] Im good, got some new toys to play with and trying to find where I left Forth 83 [2018-12-02 20:01:03 CET] You? [2018-12-02 20:01:11 CET] fine, too. [2018-12-02 20:01:29 CET] what kind of tys? [2018-12-02 20:01:32 CET] Good, anything new on sinclair side? [2018-12-02 20:01:34 CET] toys [2018-12-02 20:01:46 CET] Got the ESXDOS card [2018-12-02 20:01:58 CET] Works with the 128K speccy [2018-12-02 20:02:11 CET] is this different from divide? [2018-12-02 20:02:14 CET] So now I have best of all worlds [2018-12-02 20:02:34 CET] It uses SD card. Isnt the Divide a floppy interface? [2018-12-02 20:03:06 CET] ( think that floopy drives can also be used. [2018-12-02 20:03:12 CET] Its got a nice operating system [2018-12-02 20:03:27 CET] dot-commands? [2018-12-02 20:03:28 CET] Not too much or comlicated like the IF1bis [2018-12-02 20:03:42 CET] Yes, just reading about those tonight [2018-12-02 20:04:23 CET] Im sure I save to the card just using SAVE "filename" [2018-12-02 20:04:40 CET] Will try again after we finish [2018-12-02 20:05:15 CET] yes, but in advance you have to open a file with this name using some dot-command. [2018-12-02 20:05:49 CET] OK, maybe I did. Im not sure. Just got it today [2018-12-02 20:06:08 CET] have fun with it. [2018-12-02 20:06:33 CET] i did not do a lot with sinclair in the past. [2018-12-02 20:06:35 CET] Thanks, Im looking at using Forth with it [2018-12-02 20:06:47 CET] the apu-project is finished. [2018-12-02 20:07:04 CET] Completely? What are the final results? [2018-12-02 20:07:23 CET] instead of sinclair i got an old radio receiver. [2018-12-02 20:07:37 CET] rema trabant it is called. [2018-12-02 20:07:42 CET] from 1958. [2018-12-02 20:08:01 CET] Is it a communications receiver or radio [2018-12-02 20:08:17 CET] radio with ukw, portable. [2018-12-02 20:08:44 CET] unfortunately it is not complete. i have to repair it. [2018-12-02 20:08:47 CET] You should still pick up stations. i saw a radio in a 1948 car and it worked OK [2018-12-02 20:09:00 CET] the tuner is missing and some of the filters. [2018-12-02 20:09:24 CET] I look on google. At least you can get PCB schematics still [2018-12-02 20:09:48 CET] there was no pcb in that old times. [2018-12-02 20:10:06 CET] OK, wiring diagram then? 4 Valves? [2018-12-02 20:10:15 CET] only wires. 8 valves. [2018-12-02 20:10:46 CET] it was very expensive in that times. the rolls royce among the old radios. [2018-12-02 20:11:01 CET] OK, one Im looking at is REMA TRABANT MESSEMUSTER SCH [2018-12-02 20:11:11 CET] have a look for rema trabant ukw. [2018-12-02 20:11:28 CET] is it green? [2018-12-02 20:11:49 CET] Yes, and has transistors? [2018-12-02 20:11:59 CET] no, 8 valves. [2018-12-02 20:12:09 CET] it is from 1958. [2018-12-02 20:12:41 CET] Yes, the diagram say T6 SCH although its supposed to be UKW [2018-12-02 20:12:43 CET] ttransistors came up in 1959 [2018-12-02 20:13:03 CET] t6 sch ??? [2018-12-02 20:13:17 CET] t = tubes? [2018-12-02 20:13:24 CET] Thats what is says. Got a load of transistor symbols [2018-12-02 20:14:08 CET] Look at radiomuseum.org - got parts listed [2018-12-02 20:14:39 CET] Are the two oblong slots on the back for USB ;) [2018-12-02 20:15:00 CET] ;-) [2018-12-02 20:15:14 CET] Was it made by the same people who did the car? [2018-12-02 20:15:16 CET] look for rema trabant ukw at radiomuseum [2018-12-02 20:15:30 CET] I am looking [2018-12-02 20:15:37 CET] 8 tubes. [2018-12-02 20:15:47 CET] 8: DC90 DF96 DF96 DF96 DK96 DAF96 DL96 EL95 [2018-12-02 20:15:53 CET] right. [2018-12-02 20:16:11 CET] el95 is missing,#dc90 too. [2018-12-02 20:16:21 CET] Will you be able to get the parts to repair it [2018-12-02 20:16:23 CET] and dl96 [2018-12-02 20:16:34 CET] i hope so. [2018-12-02 20:16:52 CET] the biggest problem is the missing ukw tuner. [2018-12-02 20:17:12 CET] i have to replace it by a different one. [2018-12-02 20:17:38 CET] are you interested in schemes of old receivers? [2018-12-02 20:18:05 CET] Not really, you know how I destroy stuff when Im fixing them [2018-12-02 20:18:24 CET] ;-) [2018-12-02 20:18:34 CET] Maybe when I retire, but I cant have anything left out just now or Liz shouts at me [2018-12-02 20:19:10 CET] Would they have used the receiver in other models, or was everything bespoke to the one model [2018-12-02 20:19:33 CET] but you surely know that a superhet receiver has intermediate frequency. [2018-12-02 20:20:00 CET] No, I just knew channel 3 was BBC and 10 was ITV [2018-12-02 20:20:21 CET] I saw the price 555 DM when it first came out [2018-12-02 20:20:52 CET] the monthly wage in this time was 300 dm [2018-12-02 20:21:25 CET] 6.3 Kg - watch you dont drop it on your foot [2018-12-02 20:21:43 CET] a very heavy mobil radio. [2018-12-02 20:22:41 CET] it must eat batteries, although i think then batteries were in jars and rechargeable [2018-12-02 20:24:18 CET] it needs two kinds of batteries: one for the heating of the tubes (accumulator) and second for the anode voltage, about 90-100 v. not rechargeble and expensive. [2018-12-02 20:24:39 CET] Were the stations preset, it says 7AM and 14 FM circuits [2018-12-02 20:25:32 CET] What does Trabant mean in english? [2018-12-02 20:25:36 CET] not preset. you have to tune. the lots of circuits are to increase the selectivity. [2018-12-02 20:26:01 CET] trabant = sattelite. [2018-12-02 20:26:04 CET] Satellite! [2018-12-02 20:26:26 CET] So, the car. Was that called after a satellite [2018-12-02 20:27:41 CET] the right translation of satellite or trabant is companion, is it? [2018-12-02 20:27:49 CET] isnt it [2018-12-02 20:28:03 CET] or escort [2018-12-02 20:28:13 CET] That makes sense for both car and radiowq [2018-12-02 20:28:29 CET] So we had the ford trabant :) [2018-12-02 20:28:37 CET] right. [2018-12-02 20:28:56 CET] may be trabant is latin. [2018-12-02 20:29:53 CET] no, i found in wikipedia that trabant is a slavic word. [2018-12-02 20:29:54 CET] Google doesnt pick anything up - just traboi = satellite [2018-12-02 20:30:19 CET] Yes, when I put it into the translator, it thought it was hungarian [2018-12-02 20:30:20 CET] the russians have used it as name for their satellites. [2018-12-02 20:31:00 CET] Well, thats my thing learned for today. [2018-12-02 20:31:21 CET] do you celebrate 1st of advent? [2018-12-02 20:31:29 CET] Unfortunately, when new knowledge goes in some falls out [2018-12-02 20:31:42 CET] we did. we already have a christmas tree. [2018-12-02 20:31:49 CET] No, Liz has an Advent calender but thats all. [2018-12-02 20:32:06 CET] Oh, yes the place is decorated withing an inch of its life. [2018-12-02 20:32:09 CET] calender witth pictures or sweets? [2018-12-02 20:32:27 CET] With votive candles all different scents [2018-12-02 20:33:10 CET] I saw an advent calendar with sockets. By 25thy you have a 24 piece socket set and wrench [2018-12-02 20:33:29 CET] the farmer where we bought the tree yesterday was very surprised that we buy as early. [2018-12-02 20:33:59 CET] You get a real tree? Do you stand in bucket of water to stop the needles falling [2018-12-02 20:34:36 CET] There is a small fir tree at the edge of the forest behind my house someone decorates [2018-12-02 20:35:16 CET] no water, and the needles dont fall out for the coming 4 weeks. [2018-12-02 20:35:40 CET] we usually have a blue spruce. [2018-12-02 20:35:49 CET] Just when you lift it after christmas. Whooosh! 6 inches deep in needles :) [2018-12-02 20:35:53 CET] it smells very good. [2018-12-02 20:36:27 CET] Yes, I miss that. Liz has some stick thing she puts in the tree to make it smell real [2018-12-02 20:37:08 CET] do you celebrate st. nikolas day at dec 6th? [2018-12-02 20:37:34 CET] No, what happens then? Nothing between now and Christmas [2018-12-02 20:38:10 CET] Then New Year which was the major celebration in Scotland. Althoug hChristmas is a lot more popular now [2018-12-02 20:39:05 CET] at dec 6th the children (and old children as me) havee to polsh their shoes , put it outside the door over night, and next morning they are filled with sweets and other things. [2018-12-02 20:39:06 CET] You had a Trabant? Article says there was a waiting list between 11 and 18 years. Is that true? [2018-12-02 20:39:31 CET] Hmmm, sweets and zeddies.... [2018-12-02 20:39:56 CET] you should copy this custom. [2018-12-02 20:40:06 CET] usage [2018-12-02 20:40:32 CET] trabant car: yes, we had 4 of them. [2018-12-02 20:40:55 CET] Yes, the parents are now giving christmas eve gifts to the kids. Too commercial for my liking [2018-12-02 20:41:15 CET] waiting list was more then 10 years. [2018-12-02 20:41:40 CET] What did you do when waiting? Any other transport/ [2018-12-02 20:41:41 CET] therefore, only one brandnew trabant among the four. [2018-12-02 20:42:22 CET] the other three were old cars for a price much higher than a new one. [2018-12-02 20:42:36 CET] I see they made the same model from 1957 to 1990 [2018-12-02 20:42:46 CET] no changes in design [2018-12-02 20:42:59 CET] lmost the same, and this was the problem. [2018-12-02 20:43:41 CET] Someone is restoring Trabants with a Suzuki bike engine. Top speed 150 MPH [2018-12-02 20:43:44 CET] when they develloped that car in the 50ties, it was at the same level as the mini or the french cv2. [2018-12-02 20:44:17 CET] but the other were improved, the trabeant not. [2018-12-02 20:44:22 CET] Yes, those two were basic as well. We had an old Mini [2018-12-02 20:44:40 CET] how much cylinders? [2018-12-02 20:44:42 CET] Liz has one of the new minis. Very nice car [2018-12-02 20:44:57 CET] i mean the oldest ones. [2018-12-02 20:45:01 CET] 4 cylinders. Cant remember capacity maybe 1000cc [2018-12-02 20:45:29 CET] But the gearing was perfect for the power and it was a nice car to drive. [2018-12-02 20:45:38 CET] trabant had 2 cylinders, air cooled (as cv2) and 500-600ccm [2018-12-02 20:45:54 CET] Also 2 stroke engine? [2018-12-02 20:46:08 CET] right, 24 horse powers [2018-12-02 20:46:42 CET] Did the east germans ever make a variant of the VW Beetle? [2018-12-02 20:47:25 CET] no, only in the late eighties the used imported vw engines for trabant . [2018-12-02 20:48:06 CET] Were DKW bike east or west? [2018-12-02 20:48:08 CET] two types of cars have been produced. [2018-12-02 20:48:29 CET] Trabant and T30? [2018-12-02 20:48:31 CET] before or after war? [2018-12-02 20:48:38 CET] dkw? [2018-12-02 20:49:09 CET] After, as war reparations. I know UK got DKW and made the BSA Bantam variant [2018-12-02 20:49:58 CET] dkw was one of the four firms of audi. [2018-12-02 20:50:30 CET] the factory was in chopau (saxonia, east germany). [2018-12-02 20:50:33 CET] Auto Union os Audi? [2018-12-02 20:51:07 CET] after war they had to rename that bike, called it rt and es. [2018-12-02 20:51:23 CET] ( have drive an es150ccm [2018-12-02 20:51:24 CET] During the late 1920s and until WWII broke out, DKW was the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer [2018-12-02 20:51:32 CET] :-O [2018-12-02 20:52:25 CET] Ah, es150 made by MZ. I know then well [2018-12-02 20:53:10 CET] I rebuilt the gearbox on one for Liz's dad. Left him to tighten the gear stick etc and he didnt. Crashed it and broke his ankle [2018-12-02 20:53:19 CET] yes, mz. this was produced in the former dkw factories in chopau [2018-12-02 20:53:47 CET] MZ were very popular in the UK in the 70s and 80s [2018-12-02 20:54:16 CET] and cheap, i suppose? [2018-12-02 20:54:21 CET] Also CZ but I think those were czech [2018-12-02 20:54:43 CET] Yes very cheap. Also Lada cars which were old Fiat design [2018-12-02 20:54:44 CET] cz is czech definitively. [2018-12-02 20:55:06 CET] the strongest mz was the 250ccm [2018-12-02 20:55:39 CET] dave, lett us stop for today. [2018-12-02 20:55:43 CET] Yes, the trophy was pretty fast and good handling. The headlight and front mudguard were ugly though [2018-12-02 20:55:56 CET] OK, nice chat. next week [2018-12-02 20:56:09 CET] not sure about next week. [2018-12-02 20:56:24 CET] it could be that our son will come. [2018-12-02 20:56:25 CET] OK, I'll connect if you dont show up I wont fall out [2018-12-02 20:56:32 CET] No problem [2018-12-02 20:56:45 CET] Bye for tonight [2018-12-02 20:56:50 CET] have a nice week and regads to liz. [2018-12-02 20:56:55 CET] bye. [2018-12-02 20:57:00 CET] * rune quit (Leaving) [2018-12-02 20:57:10 CET] * heinz quit (EOT)