[TheForge] Pretty useful publications

Steve Smith sos at alum.mit.edu
Sun Oct 16 17:00:39 EDT 2005



Phlip wrote:

> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
> 
> 
>>This guy at Iowa State has been doing some work of interest to us. The
>>7-5.pdf file is a book on metallurgy aimed at the practicing smith.
>>
>>Note: these are LARGE files. 7-5 is about 8 megabytes. This will almost
>>certainly NOT download successfully on a telephone modem, you'll need a
>>high speed connection (or a friend with one).
>>
>>http://mse.iastate.edu/files/verhoeven
>>
>>Now I haven't read these yet, but they sure look interesting.
>>
>>Steve
> 
> 
> Actually, it loads quite well on dial up. Takes a couple minutes, but not an
> unreasonably long time. You're just spoiled ;-)
> 
> Saint Phlip,
> CoD

Well, I was speaking from when I had dialup and tried things this size 
(awhile back). Maybe connections have gotten more reliable. And yes, I 
am spoiled.

Steve


More information about the TheForge mailing list