Need a bigger alternator on your B series?

[GreensvilleJay]

I remember when the Motorola MC68HC11 microcomputer was 'THE' chip to have, decided to get some, Moto said minimum 5,000 pieces. yeesh I need 5 for prototyping.....,so no deal. Salesguy for disti comes by, heard what I needed, said how many ? 5, next day I had them.... TOSHIBA name on them. he says they're both made in SAME factory...door $1, motorola, door #2 , toshiba...... eventually went with Microchip's PIC line though . That was 3 decades ago....I SHOULD have invested in THEIR stock..... sigh....

 

[TJP440]

I remember when the Motorola MC68HC11 microcomputer was 'THE' chip to have, decided to get some, Moto said minimum 5,000 pieces. yeesh I need 5 for prototyping.....,so no deal. Salesguy for disti comes by, heard what I needed, said how many ? 5, next day I had them.... TOSHIBA name on them. he says they're both made in SAME factory...door $1, motorola, door #2 , toshiba...... eventually went with Microchip's PIC line though . That was 3 decades ago....I SHOULD have invested in THEIR stock..... sigh....

Your communicating with a guy that sold ~ 1800 shares of intel stock in 1983 and was happy then to unload it. If I buy a stock, it is guaranteed to plummet until i sell it. It will then to unbelievable values

 

[GreensvilleJay]

I still have my Intel 'stock'.. a drawer full of tubes of Intel microprocessors and memory chips.

 

[TJP440]

I still have my Intel 'stock'.. a drawer full of tubes of Intel microprocessors and memory chips.

Guess I was off on the year' I need more RAM but the devices I was born with are no longer available
must've been 86 or 7. I was railroaded out during their 2nd layoff as I refused to forge/correct military QA documents and was told I was not a team player. My manager just prior to this, had announced promotions that were coming for several techs. BUT, there was then a salary freeze /or cut and those promotions were withheld. This in turn affected the morale and I was used as a scapegoat. he was also having an affair with our HR Rep.
Still fry's me to this day. The manager was later fired and I'd like to believe the 7 page letter I sent registered mail to Noyce had something to do with it.
I was given the nickname Motherboard as I had an uncanny ability to locate problems on the test system motherboards. My wife also worked there at the same time in the final test dept. and we called each other Buddy.

The pictured devices were done by an unknown co-worker.

I should have sued for wrongful termination and thought about it at the time but was advised against doing so. I had copies of the "changed documents" to back up my claims. I still wish at times I could bring a lawsuit against them and expose them. I still have enough witnesses to back up my claims. But doubt it would be of concern at this point. Even as I write this 40 years later I wonder if it would bite me .

EDIT: After thinking about it I blanked my name out and added a few more facts to the story.I would've likely finished my career there if it had not been for that BAS--RD.

 

[DustyRusty]

My Lister Petter generator came with a "no name" alternator that failed within a few hours of operation. I notified the selling dealer and they sent me a replacement, and didn't want the old one returned. I tried to have the local alternator rebuilder fix it for a spare, but he couldn't figure out who made it, and couldn't source a replacement internal regulator. I started looking on eBay and eventually found an internal regulator for $7, so I bought two. Installed one into the first alternator and reinstalled the alternator on the engine. It didn't last very long, and I also realized that the replacement alternator was no longer working. I then put a 10 gauge wire onto the alternator and connected it to the battery, just like it was wired at the factory, thinking that the light gauge wire they had installed was the problem. Then I put the sole remaining regulator into one of the alternators and when I checked it, it was working. A few days later, after a power outage, I checked the alternator to see if it was still working, only to find that the regulator was defective. I gave up on the alternator and I keep a NOCO battery maintainer on the battery. The battery stays fully charged and the engine always starts. I have given up on the "no name" alternators as not reliable. Being a diesel engine, it only needs the battery for starting, and for pulling the stop solenoid.