Tuesday, June 23, 2020

enable port forwarding on ubuntu



check current value
sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward
set to enabled
sudo sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
Persist across boots
sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf
# Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv4
#net.ipv4.ip_forward=1



reference:

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Saturday, June 13, 2020

Compupro / Viasyn 816 / 286 system


Here's a compupro S100 system which is pretty nice.  All of the cards are 5v.  It has a Quantum Q540 26mb hard drive, floppy, an floppy attached tape.

Not sure if it works.  Acquired some time ago in a trade, but not fired up then.

Contents:  Links to manuals on s100 computers

 CPU 286 (201D)
 System Support 1
 RAM22
 Disk3
 Disk1A











CPU 286

Rear panel


View of system.  Serial ports in foreground

System Support 1

Disk 3

RAM22 256K Sram

Disk 3 interface

Disk 1A options

Disk 1A badge

Disk 1A options closeup

Disk 3 options

Disk 3 badge

System Support Board

System Support Board Options

CPU 286 options

Quantum Q540 36MB disk ST-506

CPU 286 board




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Saturday, February 29, 2020

Bob's places



A lot of stuff removed from these two old houses.

former properties of a friend who had many toys and lots of enjoyment that passed away last year.  We were wondering what happened to the properties, so today we went by and got some photos.

One of the corner houses has the unique attribute of being blocked and blurred on Google Street View which takes a lot of suck to pull off.

Originally whoever lives there (won't pass rumors here) had gotten Google to put in an actual gap in coverage which blocked out his house and 2 houses either side of his.  That excluded my friend's house.

Now the street is present but his house is completely obscured by the kind of blur Google puts over faces, and identifying marks and the like.



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blurred house






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main house




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second house from across street



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peeking over the fence front of second house











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back yard of second house.  alley gate had been forced, a gap present.  Not a new problem













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Saturday, February 1, 2020

Spectracom 8161 WWV receiver and reference oscillator



This is pretty cool.  This has a WWV receiver built in, and a disciplined oscillator.  There is also a phase comparator which also has a display printer. 

Beats the input to the reference, and shows the phase difference graphically on a chart.

Inside views as well as the outside.

Ebay photos on top







My  unit, under the covers




Parts in 10 e 9  Adjust to frequency for beat comparison
NBS output output from over the air.
Local Input  signal to test
Comparator comparator control
Standard output output of signal for external testing


 Chart recorder, and controlls






Selector for beat frequency.


Reference outputs, 100 khz, 1 mhz, 5 mhz, 10 mhz



Molex output block.  Includes battery inputs.  Antenna connection there.


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