Comments on: The Dawn of the Next Vintage of Chevy Volt Developmental Vehicles http://gm-volt.com/2008/08/18/the-dawn-of-the-next-vintage-of-chevy-volt-developmental-vehicles/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Fri, 25 May 2012 13:52:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ted in Fort Myers http://gm-volt.com/2008/08/18/the-dawn-of-the-next-vintage-of-chevy-volt-developmental-vehicles/#comment-60607 Ted in Fort Myers Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:28:25 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1228#comment-60607 GM-I still would be more than happy to test one of the mules in the Florida heat. 239 410-8826 TED GM-I still would be more than happy to test one of the mules in the Florida heat. 239 410-8826 TED

]]> By: DaveP http://gm-volt.com/2008/08/18/the-dawn-of-the-next-vintage-of-chevy-volt-developmental-vehicles/#comment-60493 DaveP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:33:30 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1228#comment-60493 Well, I'm late to this thread. First computer: Apple ][ (Original model... serial number 9 thousand something. :) When you turned it on, it went "beep" and sat at the monitor prompt. You had to boot basic from rom (Woz's BASIC not that sissy Microsoft one), or code directly in the mini assembler. You could also load memory ranges directly from tape. I remember writing my first word processor in assembler when I was about 10. Of course, we just had the 40 column thermal printer, iniitally, but things got better. First modem was a Hayes multimodem ][ capable of 110/300 baud. And it WAS terribly slow after we got the disk system. We were transferring... er, disk images though it at the time. Took all night. LIke a completely manual bittorrent system. :) Granted, I could have actually just swapped disks with friends in person but that was hardly the point. :) Come to think of it, I first started learning about circuit design from the Red Book. Woz put all the schematics of the entire system in there, since it was still basically a kit system in pre-fabbed form. Which was a good thing, too, we could barely keep it running as it fried chips fairly frequently... Anyway, just for the record, Woz was a brilliant designer. I've never seen the equal in elegance of those initial designs. The way he laced the video refresh through memory to replace the DRAM refresh on a shadow opposite clock phase... It was totally brilliant. That system was far faster than systems that came even a decade later since NOTHING interfered with anything else (well, just the VBI but that was soo minor). (Later systems had to stop processing to wait for video access or memory refresh, etc. It took a long time to sort those problems out again in future systems) Ahh, the good old days. :) Well, I’m late to this thread.
First computer:
Apple ][
(Original model... serial number 9 thousand something. :)
When you turned it on, it went "beep" and sat at the monitor prompt. You had to boot basic from rom (Woz's BASIC not that sissy Microsoft one), or code directly in the mini assembler. You could also load memory ranges directly from tape. I remember writing my first word processor in assembler when I was about 10. Of course, we just had the 40 column thermal printer, iniitally, but things got better.

First modem was a Hayes multimodem ][ capable of 110/300 baud. And it WAS terribly slow after we got the disk system. We were transferring... er, disk images though it at the time. Took all night. LIke a completely manual bittorrent system. :) Granted, I could have actually just swapped disks with friends in person but that was hardly the point. :)

Come to think of it, I first started learning about circuit design from the Red Book. Woz put all the schematics of the entire system in there, since it was still basically a kit system in pre-fabbed form. Which was a good thing, too, we could barely keep it running as it fried chips fairly frequently... Anyway, just for the record, Woz was a brilliant designer. I've never seen the equal in elegance of those initial designs. The way he laced the video refresh through memory to replace the DRAM refresh on a shadow opposite clock phase... It was totally brilliant. That system was far faster than systems that came even a decade later since NOTHING interfered with anything else (well, just the VBI but that was soo minor). (Later systems had to stop processing to wait for video access or memory refresh, etc. It took a long time to sort those problems out again in future systems)

Ahh, the good old days. :)

]]> By: Shawn Marshall http://gm-volt.com/2008/08/18/the-dawn-of-the-next-vintage-of-chevy-volt-developmental-vehicles/#comment-60417 Shawn Marshall Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:29:18 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1228#comment-60417 Lyle, Here find a link with Bob Lutz on a Vectrix.http://www.vectrix.com/corporate/US/news.php#bob-on-bike Voltiacs on hold; Google XM3500Li Lyle,
Here find a link with Bob Lutz on a Vectrix.http://www.vectrix.com/corporate/US/news.php#bob-on-bike

Voltiacs on hold; Google XM3500Li

]]> By: SamH http://gm-volt.com/2008/08/18/the-dawn-of-the-next-vintage-of-chevy-volt-developmental-vehicles/#comment-60412 SamH Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:10:35 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1228#comment-60412 #171 Jim in PA: I couldn't have said it better, and I was getting ready to try. Unfortunately, Showmemike is indicative of the short-sited masses in this country; getting excited about 'cheap' $3.75 gas. Same logic my wife uses when she saves $10 by spending $100. #23 Lurtz: We actually did used to burn our trash in the 70's. Me and my brother would stand back and wait for the CFC aerosol cans to explode. Pretty ignorant, I know. Different times. #171 Jim in PA:

I couldn’t have said it better, and I was getting ready to try. Unfortunately, Showmemike is indicative of the short-sited masses in this country; getting excited about ‘cheap’ $3.75 gas. Same logic my wife uses when she saves $10 by spending $100.

#23 Lurtz:

We actually did used to burn our trash in the 70′s. Me and my brother would stand back and wait for the CFC aerosol cans to explode. Pretty ignorant, I know. Different times.

]]> By: terryk http://gm-volt.com/2008/08/18/the-dawn-of-the-next-vintage-of-chevy-volt-developmental-vehicles/#comment-60403 terryk Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:43:06 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1228#comment-60403 The generator is bolted to the back of the motor. If you apply power to it, it should spin the engine. It should certainly be big enough. I didn't say the wheel motor should start the engine. The generator is bolted to the back of the motor. If you apply power to it, it should spin the engine. It should certainly be big enough. I didn’t say the wheel motor should start the engine.

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