[colug-432] capacitance and Knoppix

[jep200404 at columbus.rr.com]

Hi, 

You wrote: 

> Where'd you get a capacitance meter?  I need one.

I bought my decades ago at Dayton Hamvention. 
I think it cost about $30. 

I am thinking of buying one of these: 

   http://www.aade.com/lcmeter.htm

> What's the deal with the spares? 

I pull them from boards that are being scrapped. 

> You have 1000 µF capacitors just lying around? 

Yes. 

> What release of Knoppix? 

V6.2.1

> Do you know if Klaus (or anyone) is working on an update? 

I do not _know_, but expect that he's continuing Knoppix. 

> The "live" Fedora and Kubuntu CDs are okay, but there
> was something magical about how Knoppix "just works", and it never
> seemed as heavy as the installable flavors.

Yup. It's a difference in focus. You can install Knoppix on a 
hard drive, but the focus is on use as a live-CD, whereas the 
*buntu focus is on hard drive installation, not on using it as 
a live CD. *buntu live disks are _slow_ to boot.