From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D6D72012AC for ; Wed, 9 May 2012 14:19:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.83.6] (c-76-97-152-51.hsd1.ga.comcast.net [76.97.152.51]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0LyEaD-1S7PbL3lQ5-015RDZ; Wed, 09 May 2012 17:18:30 -0400 Message-ID: <4FAADF21.6030907@techstarship.com> Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 17:18:25 -0400 From: "Ron Frazier (NTP)" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100722 Eudora/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave Hart References: <02af01cd2daf$05b24bb0$1116e310$@navisys.com.tw> <20120509203719.GA3855@thyrsus.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:kajQyFxuJnxaNNbWarRJSPotNlTAC9MoVZd3oPT6wQj Ms+SOV2m1e8OIL9ZH7rqYEEcggFARpJmYb3LBI9R5S1e8sGJzE s0Z14LR/daSg0ePoYy29Ej/6TYOKrJKXI2pcBuSF47w0JbAFF2 Oyx/AtMiVMb5ncyP1n7UUlI2BE++dbvH9WyGSorXicL6tJKyku qqC5Byluc/hJRefbDXS41ZXHoA+QKrFWbsxqJ++u65hy3icCMA Ndgxe9kFZcctadimPHnpMIv93Bb6ho28hI9F+T07/Oe//dH1sn aNATUCrBXKZ3RyC+hPwM4yqQA+Fs0cWxaqRgMpE/jGoyoQbR8a pwNkZyxfuIDs9NnFSdRCuQb0oG8tJ2dR3/KoYcXKN Cc: thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net Subject: Re: [Thumbgps-devel] Article -- Macx-1: GPS receiver with standard USB connector and PPS support X-BeenThere: thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 21:19:05 -0000 On 5/9/2012 5:03 PM, Dave Hart wrote: > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > >> Dave Hart: >> >>> At the same time, I feebly admit I don't see the connection between >>> Eric Raymond and Dave Taht and the nickname Macx-1. Perhaps the >>> meaning or thought behind the choice was explained in email I didn't >>> see? >>> >> Lemme see if I can find it...ah, here it is >> >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/pipermail/thumbgps-devel/2012-May/000194.html >> >> After that, Dave started calling the device the Macx-1. Not my idea, honest! >> >> Navisys people: the context you may be missing is that I'm ridiculously >> famous among Internet geeks, and Charles Stross is a very capable and >> popular writer of science fiction who happends to have known me *before* >> I was famous. The resemblences between myself and the fictional character >> Manfred Macx are sufficiently obvious that a lot of Internet geeks >> can easily pick up on them - it's what's called in English an "in-joke", >> a form of humor shared within a particular social group but opaque to >> outsiders. >> > Thanks, Manfred. I had a creeping feeling I had missed the > connection, but didn't use the force (gmail search) with "macx" as I > should have. > > Here's hoping wiring PPS to DCD in GPS pucks using 232-to-USB adapters > becomes the standard. I would expect over time vendors would not see > any reason to continue making designs without the extra trace. > > Cheers, > Dave Hart > > Hi Dave, Good to see you. Just wondering, are there any GPS applications which will croak because of having DCD being pulsed in that manner? Maybe you need a dip switch to turn that signal on or off. Also, are there other applications which expect the pps to be coming though another handshaking pin besides DCD? Sincerely, Ron -- (To whom it may concern. My email address has changed. Replying to former messages prior to 03/31/12 with my personal address will go to the wrong address. Please send all personal correspondence to the new address.) (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, don't be concerned. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy mailing lists and such. I don't always see new messages very quickly. If you need a reply and have not heard from me in 1 - 2 weeks, send your message again.) Ron Frazier timekeepingdude AT techstarship.com