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Hello folks,
OMG.  Isn't it amazing how current technology demands complications.
Used to be you put in a key turned it and "broom broom". Now is having
something in your pocket, and switching on and then pushing 'Start',  Â
But then everything these days is "marketing groomed".  My new radio
has oodles of "features" (most of which I do not understand) but a lousy
weak station reception - my $40 portable radio is MUCH better IN the car
that the $$$$$$ "car" radio !!!!!!
Barrie - he of MGB GT V8 fame:-)
On 11/12/2019 12:19 PM, Max Heim via Mgs wrote:
> As an interface designer, I am puzzled by the â??push for onâ?? solution.
> It seems somehow inappropriate as well as unnecessarily complex.
>
> Overdrive seems to me to be a function where a clear on/off toggle is
> the natural mode of engagement. Sometimes I want it on, sometimes off,
> and I want to know which mode it is in.
>
> But then, I think the â??start buttonâ?? on modern cars is idiotic. So YMMV.
>
> --
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB
>
>> On Nov 12, 2019, at 5:43 AM, Charley Robinson <Charley38@twc.com
>>
>> I have a neat little module that does as you describe except it has
>> no warning light. It is plugged into the wiring between the manual
>> OD switch and the transmission switches. In the case of my CBB it's
>> sitting on the shelf on the passenger side of the heater box. It's
>> all solid state, has never given me any trouble. Â I bought the thing
>> on line a few years ago but I don't remember the name of the seller.Â
>> I absolutely love the thing!
>>
>> CR
>>
>> On 11/12/2019 2:26 AM, PaulHunt73 via Mgs wrote:
>>> 
>>> I got fed up with OD auto-engaging as I changed from 2nd to 3rd so
>>> built a circuit that once out of an OD gear, it locked it out
>>> semi-permanently until I turned the manual switch off and back on
>>> again. That has a warning light to say it has been locked out,
>>> rather than one to say it is engaged. More info
>>> herehttp://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/gearstext.htm#sequencer
>>> PaulH.
>>
>>
>
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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">Hello folks,<br>
<br>
OMG.  Isn't it amazing how current technology demands
complications. Used to be you put in a key turned it and "broom
broom". Now is having something in your pocket, and switching
on and then pushing 'Start',   But then everything these days
is "marketing groomed".  My new radio has oodles of "features"
(</font></font><font size="-1"><font face="Arial"><font
size="-1"><font face="Arial">most of which I do not
understand) </font></font>but a lousy weak station
reception - my $40 portable radio is MUCH better IN the car that
the $$$$$$ "car" radio !!!!!!<br>
<br>
Barrie - he of MGB GT V8 fame<span
class="moz-smiley-s1"><span>:-)</span></span><br>
</font></font><br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/12/2019 12:19 PM, Max Heim via
Mgs wrote:<br>
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As an interface designer, I am puzzled by the â??push for onâ??
solution. It seems somehow inappropriate as well as unnecessarily
complex.
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</div>
<div class="">Overdrive seems to me to be a function where a clear
on/off toggle is the natural mode of engagement. Sometimes I
want it on, sometimes off, and I want to know which mode it is
in.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">But then, I think the â??start buttonâ?? on modern cars
is idiotic. So YMMV.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; min-height:
16px;" class="">Max Heim</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 13px;" class="">'66
MGB</div>
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<br class="">
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<div class="">On Nov 12, 2019, at 5:43 AM, Charley Robinson
<<a href="mailto:Charley38@twc.com"; class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">Charley38@twc.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size:
12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
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start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
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rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline
!important;" class="">I have a neat little module that
does as you describe except it has no warning light. It
is plugged into the wiring between the manual OD switch
and the transmission switches. In the case of my CBB
it's sitting on the shelf on the passenger side of the
heater box. It's all solid state, has never given me
any trouble. Â I bought the thing on line a few years
ago but I don't remember the name of the seller. I
absolutely love the thing!</span><br style="font-family:
Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">
<br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;
font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align:
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;
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start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
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rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline
!important;" class="">CR</span><br style="font-family:
Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">
<br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;
font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align:
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">
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font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps:
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform:
none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255);">On 11/12/2019 2:26 AM, PaulHunt73
via Mgs wrote:<br class="">
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cite="mid:1F04728A8D77449F8EA64CEC088B45AB@paul"
style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">
<div class=""><font class="" size="2">I got fed up with
OD auto-engaging as I changed from 2nd to 3rd so
built a circuit that once out of an OD gear, it
locked it out semi-permanently until I turned the
manual switch off and back on again. That has a
warning light to say it has been locked out, rather
than one to say it is engaged. More info here<span
class="Apple-converted-space">Â </span><a
href="http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/gearstext.htm#sequencer";
moz-do-not-send="true"
class="">http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/gearstext.htm#sequencer</a></font></div>
<div class="">Â </div>
<font class="" size="2">PaulH.</font><br class="">
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