Re: I need a new/used lab computer
Jim-
let me check as I have a tower doing nothing...hss not been used for long time, will know when I get to the shop over the weekend.
shop is? in no. SF bay area
Ren¨¦e
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Ren¨¦e
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Re: I need a new/used lab computer
Jim,
Do you have anyone in your environment with a not too old laptop? Get it for a box of cigars, install an SSD and Linux Mint. You're back in business!
Best 73 de Harke
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Harke Smits
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I need a new/used lab computer
My garage lab computer went kaput recently, and I need to get another one to control my instruments via GPIB and USB. I had a tower running Windows 7, although it was originally my wife¡¯s computer
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Jim Ford
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HP 8568B Instr Check Light?
Looking to purchase one.? It shows no display on the screen which I can deal with, but I can't seem to find in the manual anything about the bottom Instr Check lights.? The left one stays on.? Any
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Polaraligned
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Re: Shipping overseas?
It has been a while since I¡¯ve had to use it, but when using PayPal shipping (USPS), have done electronic customs declarations and electronic invoice where I put in the quantity, description,
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Ed Marciniak
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Re: Shipping overseas?
I received from Digikey five or six parcels during the last weeks without any problems. Each always over 150 Euros.
I sent a small letter three weeks ago to the US with DeutschePost containing 2
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Ralf Rosche
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SMD S461, L266 on DC-DC converter - HP 02463-80901 ; what are these devices for?
HP 4263B LCR meter.
It worked wonderfully for the past few years until last month when a total blank of display at turned on.
Later on it had been turned on once again with correct measurements but
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Yeun-Jung Wu
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#150730
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Re: Shipping overseas?
[email protected]> wrote:
I see no reason to believe it is significantly different in other
countries. In particular those UK pages note
Commodity code in other countries
Although many
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Tom Gardner
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Re: E5052A Power On Test (3.3V Bus Supply)
Hi Jeremy,
Nice noise floor. You are still at 20dB/decade at 10Hz slope so playing with sustaining amplifier and reducing Fk might improve things a lot.
I will email you, perhaps it's getting a bit
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Leo Bodnar
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Re: Shipping overseas?
That sounds quite bothersome! I'm under the impression that a lot of the
documentation/declaration requirements depend on the carrier and service
you're using and generally, more established shipping
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Gabor Szucs
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Re: Shipping overseas?
Some observations from the UK. TL;DR: fleabay's GSP is wonderful, much
better for me than my shipping my sales directly.
When I've bought something direct from the orient, e.g. a BusPirate5
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Tom Gardner
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Re: Shipping overseas?
Even worse when something sent from the UK to the US for repair (under warranty.)
On it's return, we would often get charged full UK duty/taxes etc, as if it was "a New import", even if the US office
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Dave_G0WBX
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#150725
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Re: Shipping overseas?
FWIW have I gotten electronics parts from the US shipped with USPS. Have the rules changed?
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Anders
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Re: Shipping overseas?
Make sure to write 'no lithium batteries' on it or it might get returned.
Ask me how I know...
[email protected]> wrote:
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Nick Andrews
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Re: Shipping overseas?
They used to do that, and almost needed to see receipts for camera equipment.
That seems to have stopped perhaps 10 to 15 years ago, certainly, before 2000, IIRC.
Nobody seems to enforce that, not
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Harvey White
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Re: Shipping overseas?
Well, if you send some expensive material (Moduls, HDD etc)
out of the country for repair
you need to declare it before, because this part is coming back,
and so you and the receiver don't pay any
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Heinz-Peter Deutsch
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#150721
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Re: Shipping overseas?
Yes, generally.
But most countries only allow a small de minimus on posted packages.
Sometimes couriers are allowed much more before duty and taxes are charged... but they have ... sometimes
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Roy Thistle
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Re: Shipping overseas?
not exempt here.
gotta pay duty and taxes
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Roy Thistle
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Re: Shipping overseas?
I find that normally the transporter... breakex, or usless postal service... will... unless you carefully pay attention to the customs forms, declaration, and harmonized codes
... they will 'do you'
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Roy Thistle
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#150718
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Re: Shipping overseas?
how come?
how do Canadians get electronics?
you can't send batteries... or maybe used stuff with batteries... but electronics... you can
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Roy Thistle
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