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Computer info...
by Chris Russo 13 Feb '02

13 Feb '02

I have a Intel Pentium 166MHz parts system with 32MB RAM on hand. It is missing a keyboard, Harddrive (the one in it is dead), and sound card. If anyone has any used parts laying around, I would be happy to fix this one up and donate it to SLAS. Or better yet, get a collection of several "obsolete" computer systems together (working or not), and I could mix and match up a couple of decent systems. We're almost half way there! Keep me posted. Regards, Chris Russo __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com

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Off-topic: Olympic Opening Ceremony
by Chuck Hards 13 Feb '02

13 Feb '02

The cello played by Yo Yo-Ma during the Olympic Opening ceremony was made by a very good friend of mine, Mario Miralles of Pasedena, Ca. Mario is a graduate of the Peter Prier violin-making school in downtown Salt Lake, we met while he was attending school there in the mid-eighties. He also worked here at Companion Systems with me briefly in the late '80's. He is a personal friend of Ma. Chuck

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Swap meet?
by David Dunn 11 Feb '02

11 Feb '02

It sounds OK to me. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Richard Tenney [mailto:retenney@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 9:07 AM To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Swap meet? I'm still waiting to hear back from the building owners here in Draper about permission, but the initial word is an "OK" as far as one of them is concerned if that's what everyone wants. Rich --- Patrick Wiggins <pwiggins(a)co.slc.ut.us> wrote: > Did the date and location of the next swap meet ever > get decided on? > > Patrick > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-astronomy mailing list > Utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Utah-astronomy mailing list Utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy

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Swap meet?
by Patrick Wiggins 11 Feb '02

11 Feb '02

Did the date and location of the next swap meet ever get decided on? Patrick

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Who is he?
by Patrick Wiggins 09 Feb '02

09 Feb '02

Hi, Patricia just found a photo taken at Bald Mountain the last weekend in July 1981 (the weekend she and I met). It shows Brent Watson's monster Dob and two people. The guy on the right is Patricia's brother Tom but we can't ID the guy on the left. Anyone recognize the guy on the left? http://planet.state.ut.us/patrick/BLDMTN81.JPG Cheers! Patrick :-)

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Galileo, time
by Steinicke, Brett 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

What is "writing"? Brett -----Original Message----- From: Richard Tenney [mailto:retenney@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 12:18 PM To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Galileo, time If current events in Israel are any kind of barometer, I would have to agree with Chuck as far as how long we are destined to last as a species... On the topic of Galileo (the man), do any of you know what he considered to be the greatest invention of humankind? (I happen to agree with him, even in the 21st century). Whoever comes up with the correct answer gets a gold star for the day. Rich __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ _______________________________________________ Utah-astronomy mailing list Utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy

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(OT) APB for Dave Berenson
by Josephine M. Grahn 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Hi, I need to contact Dave, but I haven't been able to. Anyone out there have a current phone or address for him? If anyone sees him, or he reads this, please ask him to contact either Jo Grahn (277-1479) or Lowell Lyon. Thanks, Jo Grahn

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] (OT) APB for Dave Berenson
by Josephine M. Grahn 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Hi Chuck, I was out of town for the last meeting, so he would have tried in vain... Maybe this month :) At 11:25 AM 2/8/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Jo: > >Your post reminded me that you were the winner in the "Post your Leonid >Impressions" contest. Did Patrick give you your prize at the last SLAS >meeting? > >Chuck > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Utah-astronomy mailing list >Utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >

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Yahoo problems again
by Chuck Hards 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Today Yahoo! decided that everything in my Trash file for the last week or so needed to go back into my In box, and I can't delete any of them. My Inbox is nearly full as a result. Until I can get ahold of a human being at Yahoo! (surprisingly difficult so far), please use my office address if you need to correspond with me. chuckh(a)companionsystems.com Im really sick of Yahoo! If they can't fix the problem, I'll have to abandon this address. I've threatened this before, this time I might have to actually do it. Thanks Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com

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RE: News, 06 FEB 2002
by Richard Tenney 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

Anyone care to respond here? --- "Hatch, Bruce" <Bruce_Hatch(a)ATK.COM> wrote: Rich, ...I have contacted a bit of aperture fever and have been reading the latest info on building large truss Dobsonian scopes. This reading includes Kriege and Berry's book "The Dobsonian Telescope - A Practical Manual for Building Large Aperture Telescopes", which is quite complete and an excellent reference. The instrument that I build will be in the 15-16" range with F4.5 or F5 optics. I would probably use a Nova mirror. Are you aware of anyone in the north Utah county area that is doing anything similar? Thanks ahead of time for any info you may have. Bruce Hatch American Fork 763-8428 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com

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