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- To: owner-at-l@saffron.hack.net
- Subject: BOUNCE at-l@saffron.hack.net: Non-member submission from ["Thomas N. Vanveen Jr" <tvanveen@accmail.umd.edu>]
- From: owner-at-l@saffron.hack.net
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 20:33:32 -0500 (CDT)
From owner-at-l Thu Apr 30 20:33:25 1998 Received: from accmail.umd.edu (accmail.umd.edu [128.8.170.45]) by saffron.hack.net (8.8.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA26625 for <at-l@saffron.hack.net>; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 20:33:25 -0500 (CDT) Received: from accmail.umd.edu ([128.8.82.128]) by accmail.umd.edu (Netscape Messaging Server 3.5) with ESMTP id 276; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 21:31:39 -0400 Message-ID: <35492650.64C6124E@accmail.umd.edu> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 21:33:05 -0400 From: "Thomas N. Vanveen Jr" <tvanveen@accmail.umd.edu> Reply-To: tvanveen@accmail.umd.edu Organization: University of Maryland, College Park X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Earl Needham <kd5xb@amsat.org> CC: atml@trailplace.com, at-l@saffron.hack.net Subject: Re: ATML Lightweight flashlight? References: <3.0.3.32.19980430164702.00892100@mail.pdrpip.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For me it depends on how much trouble it is. I'd like to see what you did. I just bought one of those maglite solitaires that uses the single AAA. I'll be trying it out soon, I hope. tv Earl Needham wrote: > ATML--A place to discuss AT issues with friends in friendship! > > I'm interested in any thoughts list members may have on a lightweight > flashlight. > > I've taken a Mini-Maglite, the type that uses 2 AA batteries, and I've > lightened it down to 2.8 ounces, batteries included. This is substantially > lighter than it was in its original form. > I've heard two conflicting views so far. First, that this is ridiculous > and not worth the trouble. Second, I've been told this is "on the cutting > edge" and really a fantastic idea. > If there is any real interest, I suppose I could write the whole thing up > and post it somewhere. > > Earl > > Earl Needham, KD5XB mailto:KD5XB@AMSAT.ORG > Lead trombone for Bill Case & the Velvetones (big band) > Clovis, NM > Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Pi Chi '76 (That was Texas A&I University.) > > ********************************************************** > Contact ATML list administrator at admin@trailplace.com > To withdraw from list, see http://trailplace.com/lists.htm > To meet some of the other ATML list members, see > http://trailplace.com/cgi-bin/htmlscript?bbs_atml.hts -- Tom Van Veen Administrative Computer Center University of Maryland 301-405-1042
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