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Willcox ESR Meter (was Poptronics Magazine)

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Ross Herbert

Jan 1, 1970
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Before getting onto the subject matter I want to relate a problem I
experienced while trying to send an email to [email protected]
with several JPG attachments (Willcox ESR meter MkII) using Agent. The
file was too big and my ISP email server stopped the transfer. When I
deleted the attachments from the email (from within Agent) I soon
found that the files had also been purged from the source folder -
they weren't even sitting in the recycle bin. I used a freeware prog
called Restoration and was able to recover all but one insignificant
file. Needless to say I won't be using Agent to send email with
attachments again - just in case. I'll stick to Eudora for that
function.

I have been in contact with Alan Willcox and he informs me that his
health is not the best at the moment. He has promised to send me
documentation on a project he is currently in the process of
developing, ie. an add-on ESR adapter for use with a digital meter.
While his older ESR Meter MkII is still valid the cost of purchasing a
suitable moving coil meter movement is relatively high, plus the fact
that the user needs to produce a suitable meter scale for whatever
meter movement is available. An add-on adapter reduces the cost to a
very small figure indeed since all techs and hobbyists will have a
digital meter to hand.
 
Before getting onto the subject matter I want to relate a problem I
experienced while trying to send an email to [email protected]
with several JPG attachments (Willcox ESR meter MkII) using Agent. The
file was too big and my ISP email server stopped the transfer. When I
deleted the attachments from the email (from within Agent) I soon
found that the files had also been purged from the source folder -
they weren't even sitting in the recycle bin. I used a freeware prog
called Restoration and was able to recover all but one insignificant
file. Needless to say I won't be using Agent to send email with
attachments again - just in case. I'll stick to Eudora for that
function.

I have been in contact with Alan Willcox and he informs me that his
health is not the best at the moment. He has promised to send me
documentation on a project he is currently in the process of
developing, ie. an add-on ESR adapter for use with a digital meter.
While his older ESR Meter MkII is still valid the cost of purchasing a
suitable moving coil meter movement is relatively high, plus the fact
that the user needs to produce a suitable meter scale for whatever
meter movement is available. An add-on adapter reduces the cost to a
very small figure indeed since all techs and hobbyists will have a
digital meter to hand.

Care to share with us all??? How bout sending it up to a.b.s.e.
Please?
al
 
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JeffM

Jan 1, 1970
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Ross said:
[...]I want to relate a problem I experienced
while trying to send an email[...]
with several JPG attachments (Willcox ESR meter MkII) using Agent.
The file was too big and my ISP email server stopped the transfer.
a.b.s.e has been mentioned.
That would seem to give the most bang for the bandwidth used,
considering the nature of the data.

Email attachments have always seemed to me
to be a 4th-rate way to share something;
there's a lot of overhead (33%)--just awful for a 1-time iteration.
If you're doing it more than once for the same file,
that gets into *terribly wasteful* territory.

Parking the file on a server and mailing a link to that Web address
seems more logical to me
--especially if there will be multiple recipients.

For those without a personal Web site,
there are even fewer restrictions than on binary Usenet groups
at The Pirate Bay's image hosting service (in Sweden):
http://www.google.com/search?q=cach...riends.and.foes+NO.COPYRIGHT+FAQ+removal.code
(though **how folks would find out about the file(s)**
gives a.b.s.e a bit of an edge).
When I deleted the attachments from the email (from within Agent)
I soon found that the files had also been purged from the source folder -
they weren't even sitting in the recycle bin.
Bummer. Good to know.
This is when *verbose* dialog boxes don't seem like a bad thing.
I remember trying to use an app called Free Download Manager
and got some vague and confusing callouts.
(The developer's first language is obviously not English
and I was used to GetRight, which is very well thought out.)
I used a freeware prog called Restoration
I hate it when authors give such generic names to good software.
It makes them difficult to Google.
and was able to recover all but one insignificant file.
I use Handy Recovery 1.0 for this
--but versions after v1.0 are no longer freeware . 8-(
 
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Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie

Jan 1, 1970
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Ross said:
[...]I want to relate a problem I experienced while trying to send an
email[...]
with several JPG attachments (Willcox ESR meter MkII) using Agent. The
file was too big and my ISP email server stopped the transfer.
a.b.s.e has been mentioned.
That would seem to give the most bang for the bandwidth used,
considering the nature of the data.

Email attachments have always seemed to me to be a 4th-rate way to share
something; there's a lot of overhead (33%)--just awful for a 1-time
iteration. If you're doing it more than once for the same file, that
gets into *terribly wasteful* territory.

Your ISP might have a "personal web space", where you get maybe 10 MB
for a web site. I know every one I've ever had has; there's also free
websites available (that are full of ads), and I've even heard of
sites that host pictures like that.

Not that a.b.s.e is a bad thing - actually, it filters the googlies,
so it's a lot quieter. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich
 
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Ross Herbert

Jan 1, 1970
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In response to your requests I will post the Willcox ESR Meter MkII
items on ABSE (zip format in 3 parts)

Ross Herbert
 
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Ross Herbert

Jan 1, 1970
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My ISP newsgroup server rejected the first file as being too big. I am
now posting the article/s as individual pages.
 
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Ross Herbert

Jan 1, 1970
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My ISP newsgroup server rejected the first file as being too big. I am
now posting the article/s as individual pages.


All parts successfully posted on ABSE.
 
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Ross Herbert

Jan 1, 1970
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Note that with regard to the ESR add-on adapter which Alan is
developing, I have no particulars at the moment. Anyway, Alan may wish
to publish this in some magazine as a project to make something out of
it, so I wouldn't dream of by-passing his IP rights.
 
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