[Ham-Computers] RE: Newbie Intro.

[Loren Moline WA7SKT]

Hello Orrin,

My Computer wont wake up sometimes after screen goes blank and hard drive 
stops. Sometimes it does.

Could I have a corrupt file somewhere?

Thanks,

Loren



Loren Moline WA7SKT  CN86cx
Member: ARRL, Pacific Northwest VHF Society #151
2 Meter EME initials = 22
2 Meter EME with 4 X K1FO - 12's and 350W with TE Systems 1452G





>From: "Orrin Bentz" <minmar at 2z.net>
>Reply-To: "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications,  or 
>experimenting" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
>To: <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [Ham-Computers] RE: Newbie Intro.
>Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 18:35:21 -0500
>
>Hello
>
>I have been subscribed to this list for about a month now. I looked at
>the July archives
>and there were about 63 posts. I never received one of them. Maybe
>someone could
>explain why this is.
>
>Anyway I have about 44 years experience in the computer industry. Mainly
>as a systems
>software programmer for large IBM, and UNIVAC operating systems. The
>first computer
>I ever programmed for was an IBM 1401 with 4K bytes (yes that is 4000)
>of memory and no
>operating system. It had sense switches that a programmer would set that
>could be interrogated
>by the program to make yes / no decisions. From that starting point I
>moved through every
>operating system IBM ever had on every large mainframe IBM ever had.
>
>My last 17 years in the industry were spent mainly doing data
>communications. I traveled the
>world troubleshooting software and hardware problems.
>
>At one time I could program in Fortran, COBOL (ugh), IBM Assembler, APL,
>PL1, 'C', 'C++',
>and some very obscure special purpose languages that are now long
>forgotten. I wrote one
>application program in my career, an accounts receivable system in COBOL
>and it was a
>complete disaster. < grin >
>
>Currently I am running Windows 98 on a Pentium II system. I live way up
>in the boondocks
>in Northern Minnesota and have been delaying getting a new system untill
>I have DSL or
>something like it. Well, this week they are running fiber optic cables
>in front of my house.
>
>Now it is a question of a Pentium 4 or a G5 Powermac. My interests in
>using a computer in conjuction with my Ham activities besides the
>obvious such as logging is for antenna
>and circuit modeling, and PCB layout/routing. I think I will run LINUX
>rather than windows:-)
>
>I am designing a 34' X 26' workshop/lab/ham schack. One of the things I
>am going to have is
>a test equipment suite with all the equipment connected up a Hewlett
>Packard GPIB (General
>Purpose Instrument Bus and running into a mainframe.
>
>Well thats enough about me. If I can help anyone out with anything give
>me a shout.
>
>I AM ORRIN BENTZ AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE
>
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