My first computer was a Kaypro II.?ÿ I recollect it was called "Darth Vader's Lunchbox". I used it at home and in our trailer while surveying for the ...

After much tearing of hair, cloning, etc, I went to Acronis True Image. I have a slightly older version (2016) which does not have cloud backup, but i...

I am using 2 of those to hold down my LED desk lamp as there is no weight in the base.

I used to have a GTS-802A robot with this type of prism. The 1/4" thread in the first picture was for attaching a sheet metal bracket for an RC-2 con...

If I understand what you are asking, you can buy a serial to usb adapter. I recommend one containing the FTDI chip as the resulting com port will rema...

@jim-frame "If I had known I'd live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself" (unknown author)

Any version of Adobe Acrobat (not Reader) that will run on your computer should do it. You just have to set it up as a printer in Terramodel.

Thanks Gene. I didn't see that on Jerry's site. I just sold one of my older total stations, prism pole and prisms to a retired chemistry professor fr...

Thanks Gene. I've saved one 2-1/2"x30" aluminum survey monument (with cap) for my ashes, to be planted somewhere in Oregon. I haven't told my kids yet...

Hi Mike. I'll see you at the PLSO conference this coming week.

I'll see you there John.

Thanks Gene. We've had several neat conversations and I appreciate the "Instruction for Making Forest Surveys and Maps 1912" which I will probably pas...

Thanks, Wendell! Speaking of phone calls, every once in a while, I'll get someone calling on my cell for a survey. When they tell me the address, it d...

Not many 14 year olds getting a PLS license in Oregon. Or anywhere, for that matter. If you start at 18 or so, it would be a minimum of about 22+ befo...

My experience is from several years surveying on the central Oregon Coast. It is is a large-area ground cover, miserable to survey through, often high...

I'm not an expert at this but I have some time as business is slow, I have 2 GPS, and I'm getting near retirement. I've submitted 17 marks, 13 of whic...

While a lot of the course is oriented towards the PLSS, the objective is to train Land Surveyors to meet the federal standards for surveys of tribal l...