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    Brian,
    
         Best of luck in any future endeavors.  I truly believe there
    is Life after Digital.  Hopefully you will find something even
    better.
    
    
                                                      Good luck,
    
                                                      Jim

    
    Brian,
    
    Good luck with whatever's next.
    
    Nigel
    

    Good luck Mate.
     
    There is life after DEC. Good hunting.
    
    E.

    Well folks,
    
    it seems to be my turn to say goodbye now. The closure of KBO has long
    been announced, and I am leaving on the end of March. However, with
    remaining vacation and overtime, I try to get my desk cleaned and leave
    by Friday this week. I will follow this file until then, but might not
    find the time to contribute.
    
    Sharing the information and experiences with our hobby in this
    conference meant a lot to me. But it was even better to meet many of
    you face to face and fly with you together. I will never forget the
    times at CMRCM and at the Sudbury glider contest 1992. Thanks for your
    friendship!
    
    We have made many friends, and I'd like to be back in New England some
    time, if not for business, then for vacation. I will keep the addresses
    of Jim Reith and Charlie Watt and will make sure to get in touch when
    I'm in the area!
    
    If I can help you with anything from Germany - or if you ever are
    around - please let me know. My mail address will remain valid at least
    until the end of the year.
    
    		Hartmut Klingenberg
    		Eibergstrasse 21
    		87600 Kaufbeuren
    		Germany
    		Phone: <49> 8341-73467 (might get disconnected during summer)
    
    It was great to be able to get in touch on a daily basis! I am afraid,
    I will not be reachable through any kind of E-net for the foreseeable
    future, but I do know...
    
    		...there is life after DEC, and I'm looking forward to it!
    
    My best wishes for all of you and a great flying season 1994!
    
    Hartmut

    Best of luck in the future, Hartmut.
    
    Eric.

    Best of luck, Hartmut.  I will miss your contributions to this
    file.  Slowly we are losing everyone(Terry Tombaugh, Mark Antry,
    yourself, Jim Reith-for a couple days) that I have come to associate
    with 399.*  I am glad we had the chance to meet, I'll remember when
    I fire up the Keller 70/4!
    
    All the best,
    
    Jim

    Hartmut,
    
    	Best of luck in the future. I also enjoyed your trips to the states
    and your various electric planes. No doubt I would not have seen any of
    them otherwise (other than pictures)
    
    	As you said, there IS life after DEC and I'm sure you will do well.
    Keep smiling and keep those batteries charged. 8^)
    
    
    Best of luck,
    
    Steve

    
    
       Hartmut,
    
         I too wish you the best of luck in the future. If you are
      in the states again in the future, I look forward to seeing your
      newest electric marvel! 
         In any case, even if you don't call us, I am sure at least Eric
      will be in touch. He will probably be in the market soon for a new
      radio, as he is outgrowing the "limited capabilities" of the entry
      level MC-20 :). I can hear it now: But Dear, I NEED this new MC-1000,
      with its 437 programmable mixes, 120 model memory, and 354 different
      switches! :)
                  
                                              Stay in touch with us,
    
                                                             Dan
                                               

    >> It was great to be able to get in touch on a daily basis! I am afraid,
    >> I will not be reachable through any kind of E-net for the foreseeable
    >> future, but I do know...
    
    C'mon, they've got Internet subscription services in Germany, don't
    they? A couple Marks a month and you can STILL be in contact with us! 
    Just blast off a note and we'll post it in this notefile.
    
    Do come visiting if you're in the States again, and good luck in your
    future endeavors!
    
    Dave
    

    Hartmut,
    	Best of luck!  I enjoyed meeting and flying with you when you
    visited the States.  It's really a shame that the DEC family is
    breaking up.  Keep on flying and if you are ever in the area give us a
    call and join us at the field.  
    
    Try to Keep in Touch,
    	Charlie
    

    Thanks for all the nice wishes! I'll try to keep the batteries charged
    (If I had, I would be out there flying with Bernd now!).
    
    Dan, Eric will not need a new mc-1000. He'll only need to spend another
    $ 100 on the new software module Graupner came out with in February.
    Main improvement is soft switching for functions and model memories, so
    if you switch from memory 1 to 2 for example, you can decide whether
    the changes are in effect immediately or whether you want to
    'soft-switch' the changes over up to 8 seconds. Anything can be
    'soft-switched': presets (flaps), mixers, memories.
    
    Auto-Dual-Rate and/or Auto-Expo can be activated on one side of stick
    movement only, and the switch that could be triggered by channel 1 can
    now be used with any selectable channel and switch whatever you want
    (rates, mixers etc.).
    
    I'm sure Eric will never need the negative pitch for inverted
    helicopter hovering, the throttle curve for switchless inverted
    hovering etc.
    
    As far as I understand the news catalog, the radios are still sold with
    the module that Eric has (applies probably for Joe's offer in 6.636).
    The new module is only available separately (for now) at DM 180 ($ 100).
    
    
    Dave, yes, I know, there is Internet, CompuServe etc. As far as I know
    they all require you to own a PC, and tehn tehy'll steal your time and
    money:-) For now, I don't have a PC (although I'm considering to get
    one soon), so the E-Net issues will be addressed at some point in the
    future. For now, I guess we'll have to work through snail mail, phone
    calls and fax to stay in touch.

As I said in my email, best of luck with everything.

Definately keep in touch and those of us that hear from you will
pass along the nnews, with your permission.

Perhaps the new employer will have net access to keep in touch 
with their customers in different parts of the world.

> Perhaps the new employer will have net access to keep in touch 
> with their customers in different parts of the world.


They are working on it...

Hartmut

    I need more info about this module. 
    
    Is it a replacement.
    
    Do you have to send in your old module.
    
    Does it affect the language module?
    
    Regards,
    
    Eric.

    
        I knew I could get him going! :)
    
        Eric, make sure you order the module that allows inverted Heli flying,
    I KNOW its just a matter of time until you get hooked! :)

    
    Well, it's my turn to say goodbye. It looks like as of the 31st of
    March I too will be an ex-Digit. I can't say I am all that upset at the
    prospect, in fact after years of uncertainty at least I know!
    
    I would like to thank everybody in this notesfile for the huge amount
    of advice and encouragement you have all given me in the RC hobby. I
    know that I have progressed faster and built better models because of
    all of you. (Gee this sounds like an Oscar speech!). I will miss this
    notesfile, and the characters in it.
    
    I am intending to sign up with Compuserve in the near future, so I will
    still be reachable via Email. I'll let someone know where I am when I
    know! I'm also still planning to get to the USA this year, and it would
    be really good to put some faces to all the names.
    
    I hope that the future is good to all of you, and yes, to this damn
    company as well!  8^)
    
    Thanks again.
    
    Nigel.
    

    Oh no, not another one gone!  Best of luck Nigel, I will miss your
    contributions.  It has been especially nice having an international
    perspective in this notes file.
    
    I think this file is rapidly coming to an end!

    Good Luck, Nigel!
    
    It does seem like our numbers are rapidly dwindling both domestic and
    international.  It is depressing to even think about it.
    
    
    Charlie
    

Yes, best of luck to you. Definately hook up with someone to post for 
you from Compuserve. I think we can figure out how to answer questions 
by email 8^)

Best of luck to you Nigel, Definitely check into the Compuserve connection. I
keep in touch with a former co-worker that way so it definitely works. 

    Damn....well, best of luck Nigel. I'm sure everything will work out.
    Print out a bunch of stuff (names/address etc) before you leave so
    if you make it across the pond, you can look some of us up.
    
    Keep em flying.
    
    Steve

Well, 

All good things come to an end. 
And give you an opportunity to try new ones.

The list for the french layoff plan came out yesterday.

I'm on it. No - it's no suprise. I asked for it. 

Things have benn kind of slow for me during the past year. Its not clear that my
skill set matches the needs of the company. I asked for clarifications on plans
to make sure I could contribute more fully. NOthing concrete came about.

Not to worry - I have an outside opportunity. Been working on it for a while, in
fact. 

Three guesses - and the first 3 don't count:

I'm gonna open a hobby shop, here in France. There appears to be a opportunity
to shake the current state of affairs here (read high prices).

I should be around til the end of June, give or take a couple of week. Timing
dependent on the conclusion of the layoff plan.


md

    Good luck Mark, let us know your address.

Definately keep in touch. I'd be interested in talking outside
business with you as well. Hope to see more of this/you in RCSD!

hi all,

greetings to all of you from hartmut! from the 10th of july on, he can be
reached at:

Hartmut Klingenberg
K�ferweg 10
78549 Spaichingen
Germany

Tel: 07424-502719
His office number at PMDM is: 07424/703-68

He is not yet reachable via e-mail and he would like to see a decnet installed
in his company instead of paper-copying....

cheers
joe t.

    I thought it was about time that I told the file that I'm leaving. I
    have given my notice for 4/14 and am not currently persuing contracts
    in DEC. This notesfile has been an important part of my life at DEC
    over the last 7 years and has been one of the factors in looking for
    contracts. I have made friends world-wide and have learned things that
    have taken a form unimagined in 1988 when I started lurking in here.
    It's pretty humorous to go back and read some of my early foam cutting
    questions and then see where I am today.
    
    My decision was hard to make but I wasn't willing to give the longterm
    commitment expected for the current group and I really feel that the
    overall attitude within DEC is quite depressing. I'm currently persuing
    jobs at small startup companies where I can wear LOTS of hats and have
    a feeling of contribution to the company overall. My last few contracts
    in DEC have felt like I was drowning in the signal noise.
    
    I have had a GREAT time exchanging ideas and hopefully I've returned to
    the file, some of the knowledge and experience that it has given me.
    Please keep in touch.
    
    Jim Reith
    [email protected]
    http://world.std.com/~racores/

    Naturally, we wish you all the best. At least we can still keep in 
    touch via the internet and flying. I'm sure you'll be able to come 
    up with something more rewarding.
    
    Later,
    
    STeve

    Thanks, Steve. The most promising would allow CMRCM evening flying on
    the way home and would be very exciting. I expect to hear a final on
    that one today. I'm sure I'll be back in DEC with my background, just
    not this next time, I think.
    
    Jim

    Enjoy your life after DEC.  Everyone else seems to :)  Good luck in
    your endeavors.  I hope RA Cores becomes world famous!  Then I can say,
    "Hey, I know that guy." :^)
    
    Andy

Thanks Andy. Hopefully we'll see you at the Gremlin contests this year (or maybe
you'll go to Ray's and save me 8^)

Jim

    Jim, good luck with RA Cores and wherever your next assignment takes
    you.  I have enjoyed our information exchanges over the years.  Maybe
    we will run into each other one of these days - the East coast glider
    world is a small one.
    
    
    Good luck,
    
    Jim

    Jim, we're gonna miss ya', old buddy.  Won't be the same in here
    without your great one and two liners.
    
    Best of luck with your endeavors and with RA Cores.  I'm sure we'll run
    into each other at Gremlin contests.
    
    All the best,
    Joe
    

    Good luck Jim. We'll all miss your valuable input to this file... See
    you at the flying field!!!
    
    George

Thanks guys. I'll see you out at the field and club meetings.

Jim, I'll let you know once I get my Graupner Jet finished. I'm sure I'll have a
few comments on my 16 cell endevours.

Joe, keep holdiong those Gremlin contests and we'll be up. Wouldn't miss the
Halloween bash.

George, We'll see you at CMRCM meetings, I'm sure.

What! Again? Havent we been here before? 8^)

Seriously, good luck with the new job Jim. We'll have to keep in touch via 
the Internet so we know which one of us finishes that P-38 first.

Take care,

Dan Eaton

Yeah, we've been here before except this time I'm not looking in DEC.

My building queue still includes the P-38, among other things. Too many
projects, too little time.

Jim

hi jim,

i am sorry to hear that you are leaving. if memory serves me right, it is the 
third time in the last four years that you did that...:-)
opposed to the hta-gang (am i allowed to say that?) i even don't have the
chance to see you at the field. i will definitively miss your inputs.

get that p-38 going, errr, flying!!!!

have fun, luck and all the rest of it
joe t.

ps: if you have e-mail access at your new company, please let us know.

Hi Joe,

I'll get the P-38 finished as soon as you finish your cutter 8^)

I've been contracting in DEC for 7 years over 5 contracts. Some have been long,
others brief. I will have email access at the new company but the easiest way to
reach me is [email protected] Once I have my new account, that address will
.forward to me. That seems to work easiest and saves me from emailing the world
when I change contracts (I'm sure I'd forget SOMEONE). The only difference to me
leaving this time is that I'm not looking inside DEC. I've decided I need to get
my attitude adjusted and the mest way I can think of to do that is to work for a
small, vigorous company. The new job is with an 80 person company writing a WWW
server. It will be a three person team and I'll have free reign on
implementation. Should be a ball. I'm VERY excited about it.

Here's the vitals that will continue to work for quite a while:

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| RA Cores  - [email protected] |  Affordable, computer cut, custom foam  |
| P.O. Box 863                      |  wing cores by modelers, for modelers   |
| Southbridge, MA 01550             |                                         |
| (508) 765-9998 (email preferred)  |     Home of the R/C Combat Gremlin      |
|  http://world.std.com/~racores/   |                                         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+

Well, after 10+ years at Digital, I'm leaving the company.  My last day
is this Friday, July 14.  I don't have an e-mail address or phone number
yet.  The best I can do is send e-mail to a few RC noters when I get
there and ask that they put the info in here for me.

I'm moving to Austin, Texas to join a new start up company doing clones
of the Intel x86 family of CPUs.  Exciting, challenging, long hours, 
good pay, and very little time to spend on RC.  ;-)

I'll certainly miss all of you fellow RC noters.  Hopefully, I'll be
able to keep in touch via e-mail.

                       _____
                      |     \
                      |      \                          Silent POWER!
      _        ___________    _________   |            Happy Landings!
     | \      |           |  |         |  |
     |--------|-  SANYO  + ]-|  ASTRO  |--|              - Dan Miner
     |_/      |___________|  |_________|  |
                      |       /           |     " The Earth needs more OZONE,
                      |      /                       not Castor Oil!! "    
                      |_____/

    Best of luck Dan!
    
    You never did come up and ski with me at Loon!
    
    cheers,
    jeff
    

    
    Same here Dan. All the best.... 
    
    George

    When I talked to you on the phone, you said the wife and kids wern't
    coming down for about 3 months. That should leave you PLENTY of flying
    time.............8^)
    
    Best of luck. Austins a nice place and I'm sure you'll enjoy it. Stay
    in touch via email.
    
    Head em up.............move em out

    Dan,
    
    Best wishes from Dan and Lin Snow in your new venture!
    
    Happy trails :)
    
    Lin
    

    OK Folks,
    
       Its now my turn to own up. With three working days to go, Thursday
    31st August will be my last day at DEC. I will be taking a short
    holiday before joining a rapidly expanding company called Syntgra; for
    oodles more money, a 35 hour (that's right, pick yourselves off the
    floor, I did say 35 hour) week, and other natty benefits.
    
       My excitement at moving is subdued by the loss of this conference.
    To me, this was the friendliest conference in DEC. The syntax,
    semantics and puncutation of the English in this conference is of
    Olympian stature. And the prose. Such a joy to open the conference at
    the start of the day and to read the colourful, skillful exploits of
    Snow, Reith, Miner, good old Al, and others too numerous to mention, or
    to observe the wealth of knowledge passed to niave beginners in a friendly,
    constructive manner. You know you are in the company of giants when you
    surf this conference.
       My saddness is further compounded by the ever dwindling number of
    contributors and the increasingly sparse number of contributions that
    have occured over the past year or so. Once able to encounter tens of  
    scintilating entries per day, I know embrace days of barren silence,
    with the odd, furtive flash of days gone by; made more keen by my being
    a Read Only Noter, with nothing to contribute.
       Well, I shall sign off now. I do promise, however, that I will get
    my Flair Black Magic completed and flying. That, unfortunately is all I
    can say; this summer's patio (aka stone deck) project is but one of
    many, round the house jobs of higher priority.
    
    Angus
                                       

    Best of luck Angus. Sometimes, you even get to work THIRTY FIVE hour
    weeks outside of DEC.......8^)
    
    It's beginning to hurt even loosing "read only" noters. But, what are
    ya gonna do.
    
    Again, best of luck.
    
    Steve

Well, I almost made 20 years. But that isn't going to happen. I'm moving on.

In a couple weeks I'll be starting my new job at CLARiiON, which is part of
(believe it or not, it took me a while to get used to the idea too...) 
Data General.

Now, the real good news (besides having a real job again, more pay, long
hours, etc. etc.) is that I'll be back in range of CMRCM for lunchtime
flying! If anybody does that any more? I haven't been able to fly much
since I transferred to Littleton two years ago. But now I'll be down in
Southboro, just about 10 minutes from the field. I sure hope I'll be seeing
some of the old gang there again next summer. Any HTAs left?

It's hard to say goodbye. Digital's been good to me (well, except for the
last few years) and part of me can't believe I'm really going to go. But,
I'll get used to it.

So, the node name RCAV8R will now be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Who'll start?

Dave

Best of luck, Dave. It would be good to see you back at the field. I'm
planning on getting over there next spring and I'll see if I can drag Charlie.
He's at Quantum and I'm at SHR3 these days.

I've heard good things on CLARiiON from my DG buddies. There's a few fliers in
DG as well.

Jim

    Good luck!
    
    Maybe I will see you up at the lake again...  My Cub is finally back
    together!
    
    cheers,
    jeff
    

    Maybe by leaving Digital, we'll get to see ya more than once a year.
    8^)
    
    Always enjoyed your good natured humor at the field. Plus you were
    always the BIGGEST GUY THERE, so who's gonna argue????????
    
    Get yourself a heli and join the NEW WAVE of HTA'S.
    
    Things have been too quiet at the field. We needed to do SOMETHING to
    keep Ray M's and Harvey's ulcers going.............8^)
    
    Again, best of luck Dave.

Just a FYI: This contract ends friday and there's a freeze on in the parts of
DEC I've been looking at so it's likely I'll be outside for the next contract.
Feel free to contact me at the address above. I generally read that mail daily

Jim ([email protected])