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| From | maus <maus@dmaus.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) |
| Date | 2021-09-17 18:13 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsk9mmd.ddv.maus@dmaus.org> (permalink) |
| References | <si09t5$uth$3@dont-email.me> <iqhvjkFqfqgU13@mid.individual.net> <20210917073203.53ee032e85d900efa53287df@eircom.net> <si1ubk$qve$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2021-09-17, John <John@nospam.please> wrote: > > > "Ahem A Rivet's Shot" wrote in message > news:20210917073203.53ee032e85d900efa53287df@eircom.net... > > >>A friend of mine worked on the C5 (among other things doing >>environmental testing), he brought one home for a weekend and showed us >>some alarming features like the way the top of the front part could be >>pushed to the ground ... with one hand and the way that rolling it >>backwards would blow the diode that protected the motor relay contacts from >>reverse EMF spikes so that one day soon it would weld closed and the motor >>wouldn't stop until the battery ran out. > >>Apparently racing the twin battery (with series/parallel switch) >>version[5] with the heavy duty washing machine motor was hair raising fun, >>they got up to about 30mph and cornered rather excitingly on two wheels. > > > Even better - Google Jet powered C5! > Cool!.. even looks safer than some of the things that children run around city streets -- greymausg@mail.com Down the wrong mousehole.
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Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2021-09-16 21:36 +0100
Re: Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-09-16 17:28 -0400
Re: Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2021-09-16 22:43 +0000
Re: Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-09-17 07:32 +0100
Re: Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) "John" <John@nospam.please> - 2021-09-17 12:31 +0100
Re: Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-09-17 13:29 +0100
Re: Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2021-09-17 18:13 +0000
Re: Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2021-09-17 09:31 +0000
Re: Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) Andy Leighton <andyl@azaal.plus.com> - 2021-09-17 10:13 -0500
Re: Sir Clive Marles Sinclair D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 09:09 -0500
Re: Sir Clive Marles Sinclair "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2021-09-17 17:20 +0100
Re: Sir Clive Marles Sinclair "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-v0l-this> - 2021-09-18 08:15 -0700
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