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Flight Strip holders wanted

After having no luck finding any of these, I’m throwing this question out for anyone in the world that might be able to help me. I’m looking for around 20 flight strip holders used in ATC tower operations world-wide.

These holders obviously hold flight strips, and are used as seen in this photo. They are holding the tan, red and blue strips. If anyone can get a hold of these, please contact me.

Archives are good!

I was going through a backup folder today, and found some Microsoft Plus! Themes that I composed waaaay back in 1997 :). One of these themes is based on content from the movie The Rock, the other based on the TV show LAPD. After a quick extraction, everything looks fine so I’ve decided to put them online again for people to download and use.

Download: The Rock, LAPD.

Superdrive Firmware testing

I’ve been sent numerous test results of people trying the new firmware (as reported earlier) on their UJ-835 or similar model drives. Here is a quick summary of media vs detected speeds.

  • Verbatim 16X DVD+R = 2x detected
  • Ritek 8x DVD-R = 8x detected (previously 2x)
  • Imation 8x DVD-R = 8x detected (previously 2x)
  • Sony 1x-8x DVD+R = 2x detected
  • Princo 4x DVD-R = 2x detected

While it looks like some media compatability has improved, there is still a lot of room for improvement.

If you can add your media tests to the comments, that would help.