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Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: How to piss off a frog
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on: January 13, 2013, 04:34:54 pm
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Ah... The reason I did not leave the store with a "starting kit" is that I have first to convince myself I will make my table !!! I have all the required tools for this (table saw, band saw, miter saw, jointer, etc...), but I have yet to organize my workshop (it's all in my garage)...
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: How to piss off a frog
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on: January 13, 2013, 04:06:34 pm
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Never counted the wagons. But something like maybe 5-10 fold of the locs. And IIRC some 8 kilometers of rails.
Pictures ? no, sorry. It's all stowed away in boxes in a safe place. But imagine I ever back built a house especially for the trains. Lived there for 19 years and it never happened. Then another house was built especially for it and I thought "oh wait, if I just start buying the lot then I can't go back this time". But it didn't help.
And believe it or not, but what got me stuck was building the tables. This already would have been a huge project and it went along with the design of the track which was planned to be as complicated as possible so it would be unpredictable how trains would run. Things would be in there like (on command) train A had to be as close as possible to train B, while train B had to prevent it, with any other train helping to prevent it. Seems stupid, but it would randomize things nicely.
All controlled by software of course.
Peter
PS: Those 240 locs are all different Dutch locs. I guess there are a 100 more which came along with aquisitions which are not Dutch or doublures.
PPS: See ... I AM crazy.
"Ouf" ... What a fantastic project this could be... To know at what position a locomotive is from sensors, from its length, speed, if another train is coming from the opposite direction, if there is a crossing railroad to put it away for the other train to pass, change the speed of one or the two of them... There are so many possibilities. Analogue computer et al... But this would be such a complex project... I did not think about it this way... The trains I saw have a remote control (DCS and DCC), but compared to what you are (were) seeking, they are limited to "human behaviour"... Can be fun too of course. If I was to do something like you mentionned, I would seek a way to follow each wagon and loco on a giant screen first... That would be my first objective - software wise... I can think about it, have ideas, but to implement it ? Crazy ? Maybe, but certainly most interesting !  |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: How to piss off a frog
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on: January 13, 2013, 02:15:38 pm
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Alain, you forgot the Adnaco I think. And oh, I didn't coun't the exact number, but something like 240 Dutch locomotives here. Should be the largest collection around. Was all to be fully automated, but the project was too big for a one man show. So I started doing other things ... Oh... The Adnaco yes  ... It was almost heating the room and the sound was so dull... Not mentionning that it was makig BSODs... And my cousin that asks me when I will stop buying these "gadgets" to take care of the acoustic of my room...  What ???  240 locomotives ??? I hope you also mean "wagons", not just "locomotives" . Wow  ! I know you have a lot of space (spacious home), but this is something ! I have mentionned my interest to my girlfriend and she seems interested too. She is quite skillful so if I take care of the connections part, she could build villages, houses and landscapes. 240 locomotives... I can only dream of a 2-3 trains running at the same time... Steam, Diesel-electric, electric engines - kind of ? It is simply extraordinary all they can do now !!! You don't have pictures do you ? Alain |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: How to piss off a frog
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on: January 12, 2013, 07:31:18 pm
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HI Juan, I know what you mean ! I am not sure about our temperament as a society, but I can be quite hard headed - well as a good "second", since my girlfriend has the record for that On the other hand, I have recently spent lots of money here and there to achieve... I am not sure what anymore  I have an Aqvox, an iUSB, even a Sotm (bought last September) PCIe usb card, Clearlink USB cables that I bought to work with the iUSB, but it did not work... Put back the Aqvox to have only one cable in the path (Clearlink) and now I am removing my SSD (carrying my OS) from the PC to have all "outside". What a hobby I should catch my breath and put money aside for an NOS1 instead... And I think I could also spend in electric trains... My nephew had one for Christmas and I caught the bug - another costly hobby At least I am still thinking about it I should do an auction one day Regards, Alain |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: How to piss off a frog
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on: January 12, 2013, 04:10:36 am
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Ha ha ! I saw that video ! Here in Quebec (should I mention "in French Canada" since the province of Quebec is mostly French speaking), we are called "Frogs" by English Canadians, but I don't know why...  It's been a while since I have eaten a fly or for this matter, attempted to catch one in the TV screen  |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: My first Windows 8 experience
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on: January 12, 2013, 04:06:49 am
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Peter, why don't you make an XXOS ? The progress you are making always amaze me Alain, you said what I always thought but never dared to say. Wouldn't it be wonderful ? An exclusive OS But I guess it would help if each of us had a PC with specific components that Peter would have chosen, otherwise it would be a nightmare (all these drivers, protocols and behaviours)... |
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