"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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"thuss" wrote in
ups.com:
Talking to marine electronics reminds me of talking to a Commodore 64 with
no tape drive....

Please don't demean the Commodore 64...marine electronics is still in the
Sinclair/Timex computer status, without the rubber bands to hold the extra
memory module in place. I did invest in an aftermarket tape drive clean up
device (I suspect it was a Schmidt trigger to regenerate cleaner pulses). I
remember Commodore 64/128 disc drives as proprietary also...copywrite
protection would bang the heads against the front stop until it mechanically
moved. I made a lot of money to invest in ham gear by having a Commodore
alignment disc and a scope...loosen the painted front stop screws and adjust
the heads for the best scope pattern from the alignment reference disc and
retighten the screws. I charged $ 15 a disc drive for that. If only marine
electronics interfaces would get out of the dark ages...

73
Doug K7ABX