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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?
Date: 15 Dec 2024 19:05:11 GMT
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On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:40:04 +0100, D wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 23:16:57 +0100, D wrote:
>>
>>> Fascinating! Thank you for sharing!
>>
>> I never saw one but there were also ELF transmitters.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_low_frequency
>>
>> I think some of the frequencies are still in use but nobody is talking.
>> Imagine what it would be like if humans could directly perceive the sea
>> of electromagnetic radiation we live in.
>>
>> One project I turned down was a botanist with a theory that trees
>> communicated via electromagnetic waves. The idea hasn't gone away.
>>
>> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-
>> trees-180968084/
>>
>> There is evidence that EMFs do affect trees though.
>>
>> https://ehtrust.org/electromagnetic-fields-impact-tree-plant-growth/
>>
>> Sometimes for the better?
>>
>> https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14519600-500-forest-grows-tall-
on-
>> radio-waves/
>>
>> It reminds me of when RF heat sealers were introduced. The folklore
>> suggested that women working around them either became sterile or
>> amazingly fecund. Humans love their stories.
> 
> Shouldn't it be quite easy to prove? I mean EMF:s can be measured and
> plants can be measured and analyzed?

Prove? Urban legends are not susceptible to proof. 

> Latency would be huge, but that never stopped me with my 9600 modem, and
> for talking like this, is not a problem. Downloading massive amounts of
> data would be painful though.

Years ago I played around with amateur packet radio. 9600 was possible 
with more sophisticated hardware but the local club never made it past 
1200. It was usable. Part of my introduction to Linux was it supported AX.
25.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AX.25

I still have the TNC but interest in it dropped off rapidly. For that 
matter many people who used 2 meter handitalkies left when cheap 
cellphones came along.  There still is some interest in HF digital modes 
but the ham population is aging out.  There still is a lot of ham support 
for Linux.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/kb1oiq-andysham/