I have a short post over in the THMS Blog about the power supply for the HB2. The component count is low but there are a lot of wires to solder!
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I Told You 64 Times
It is about time I give up on this 64 bit computer thread. Don’t you think? Yep, the thread is wearing a bit thin. I have been running my personal PC here at home with Vista Ultimate 64 bit consistently for over a month. Probably 90% of third party software on it is written for 32 bit OS. The software does not appear to the user (me) to run any different in either OS. Someone...
Continue reading...Amateur Radio
This is a subject I haven’t discussed in Ramblin’ Dan. I have been an amateur radio operator for almost 40 years. I was first licensed as a Novice in 1969. I was permitted to operate a 75 watt (input) crystal controlled transmitter, Morse radio code only. My call was WN8EHS. I am now W5EHS. Just the year before I became a “ham”, I had come off active duty in the Navy and married my sweetheart...
Continue reading...Progress Report V64
Most of my major (32 bit) software has been installed over in the Vista64 OS. That is all my Microsoft office and accounting programs and all of my Adobe suites. Also a few other apps I consider important such as WS_FTP pro from Ipswitch, and a new version of CMS IntelliCAD 6.6 Pro. The CMS IntelliCAD is the only 32 bit software so far that hasn’t let me install in both 32 and 64 “worlds”...
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