[AT] 1970's farm equipment
Mike M
meulenms at gmx.com
Fri Oct 25 10:16:20 PDT 2019
On 10/25/2019 10:00 AM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
> Speaking of beeps... Does anyone know where the OBD2 code reader plug
> is located on a 1948 John Deere A ? :-)
On the A it's right next to the flux capacitor, hope this helps.
Mike M
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> .
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> On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 9:39 AM Brian Lesh <lesh at kci.net
> <mailto:lesh at kci.net>> wrote:
>
> I've been running newer combine lately. The computer beeps at me,
> tells me there's things wrong that aren't and freeze's up once in
> awhile. It's time to get the old Ih W9 out and drag the yard.
>
> I know how to start it and the old girl never beeps at me.
>
> On 10/22/2019 8:36 AM, Moe Fretz wrote:
>> Tractor related?????????
>>
>> Some how we've gone from Antique Tractors.
>> To discussing (bragging) about all
>> the engineering courses we've taken or should have.
>> To offshore manufacturing quality.
>> To the help line accents.
>> And now we are into computer IT stuff we know about.
>> Could have, would have installed. up grading, what have you.
>>
>> Not much tractor related stuff in the last few days.
>>
>> My 1936 John Deere AO qualifies as an antique.
>> It does have any software needing to be upgraded.
>> No help line available or needed.
>> And you don't need to be an engineer to figure how it works.
>>
>>
>>
>> $-------&
>> Moe F.
>>
>>
>> Ontario, Canada
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 9:55 AM ustonThomas Mehrkam
>> <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net <mailto:tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>>
>> In the 70s we all had to take corporate value engineering
>> classes. "How to engineer all the value out." Some people did
>> not have enough sense it ignore the BS.
>>
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>> On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 7:08 AM, Thomas Mehrkam
>> <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net <mailto:tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net>>
>> wrote:
>> Windows 10 convinced me it was time to retire.
>>
>> I developed software mainly for Unix and Linux with some
>> Vax VMS?? DX10
>> one of T.Is systems and many real time OS for Motorola
>> 68000, TI 9900,
>> Power PC etc.?? Much of the early work in machine
>> language. With some
>> Windoze thrown in. XP and 7 was ok.?? Almost great
>> compared to XP.
>>
>> XP convinced me it was time to retire. The worse of
>> Microsoft's crap
>> OS's. Even worse than writing assembly and Cobal for
>> Univac 1108
>> systems. :-{?? We built a Seismic Acquisition system that
>> could record
>> data from 40,000 stations at a 2MS sample rate.?? XP
>> brought that to a
>> stand still. The network stack sucked we went down to
>> maybe 5,000
>> stations. :-{
>>
>>
>> On 10/21/2019 11:45 AM, Phil Auten wrote:
>> > I usually need to write stuff like that down, and I
>> am/was a
>> > computer/IT tech. Now, where'd I put my pencil?
>> >
>> > I've been out of the computer biz,except for fixing my
>> own, since 2011
>> > and I am amazed how much it has changed since then. I
>> have two working
>> > computers, both laptops. The one I am on now is the
>> newest and it is
>> > running Vista (yuck). The other one is about a 2006
>> model and runs XP.
>> > That one I need to redo and load Linux so it will keep up.
>> >
>> > Phil in TX
>> >
>> >
>> > On 10/20/2019 11:39 PM, deanvp at att.net
>> <mailto:deanvp at att.net> wrote:
>> >> James,
>> >>
>> >> ?? Every time I go shopping at the local Costco I
>> marvel at how many
>> >> foreigners we have here in WA?? I'm sure driven by the
>> High Tech
>> >> industries
>> >> like Microsoft and Amazon. It used to be the
>> Oriental's that were
>> >> predominate. Now it seems to be East Indians. I'm sure
>> much of our
>> >> technical
>> >> knowledge is eventually ending up back in India.??
>> However, that
>> >> doesn't seem
>> >> to apply to those who work in the technical support
>> groups we call
>> >> for help.
>> >> I have completely given up on calling any kind of help
>> line for
>> >> anything.
>> >> First because they really don't know very much and
>> secondly their accent
>> >> combined with my loss of hearing makes understanding
>> them almost
>> >> impossible.
>> >> I will work Google search until I find the answer I'm
>> looking for. I
>> >> just
>> >> went through that recently.?? Some time in the past I
>> changed from double
>> >> click to single click file opening on my mouse. Long
>> enough ago I had
>> >> forgotten how I did it.?? For me the obvious place to
>> look was on the
>> >> setup
>> >> of the mouse. Wrong.?? I put up with the change far
>> too long and
>> >> finally I
>> >> had enough.?? But couldn't remember how to fix it.
>> Google came to the
>> >> rescue.
>> >> In Win 10. one has to get into File Explorer, view,
>> options, change
>> >> options
>> >> to get to that setting.?? How in the hell I found that
>> the first time is
>> >> beyond me?? But all is now cool again.???? Simple but
>> frustrating.
>> >>
>> >> Dean VP
>> >> Snohomish, WA 98290
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> <mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com>> On Behalf
>> Of James Peck
>> >> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:18 AM
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>> >> Subject: Re: [AT] 1970's farm equipment
>> >>
>> >> I worked for a GM division a little in the late
>> sixties. The focus
>> >> then was
>> >> on making all components so they ended their life at
>> 10 years. The items
>> >> that lasted longer were made too well.
>> >>
>> >> [Henry Miller] The 1970s when efficiency experts ruled
>> every thing
>> >> with the
>> >> bean counters. Cut cost and quality were number one.
>> The auto world
>> >> had it
>> >> worse than most because they suddenly had to meet
>> emissions rules
>> >> that they
>> >> didn't really know how to do and so rube Goldberg
>> contraptions were
>> >> designed
>> >> to that standard with predictable results.
>> >>
>> >> Modern just in time is often very inefficient, but the
>> cost savings
>> >> elsewhere make it vastly more cost effective.
>> Consumers have also
>> >> caught on
>> >> to the idea that quality is sometimes worth paying
>> for. Where the above
>> >> doesn't apply is a race to the bottom that we can't
>> win. China, like
>> >> Taiwan
>> >> and Japan before them is starting to drop out of the
>> game. Africa is
>> >> probably next in my opinion: Vietnam and Pakistan play
>> a bit but they
>> >> are
>> >> not large enough and to beat China and they are not
>> far behind China
>> >> into
>> >> getting out of that hole. India could win for a while,
>> but they have
>> >> a lot
>> >> of smart people who know how to make quality (training
>> on the job in
>> >> the US
>> >> or Europe) and would rather skip the cheap junk period.
>> >>
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