[NSRCA-discussion] Slide Ruler,,,,was Art Wagner

[Pete Cosky]

Go back a couple more years to the days of 1 MB Winchester hard drives which were HUGE and expensive. Now I have users filling 120 GB drives.

If you wanted to home brew a machine or something there was the Heathkit stuff.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jay Marshall 
  To: 'General pattern discussion' 
  Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 7:14 AM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Slide Ruler,,,,was Art Wagner


  Had one of those. Only problem was that a hard drive was only 5 MB and cost a fortune.

  Also had a home built Radio Shack Color Computer - wire wrapped board. The complete schematic was in the Motorola manual for the 6809 CPU. Stole the prom code from another machine.



  Jay Marshall 

  -----Original Message-----
  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Pete Cosky
  Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:56 PM
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  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Slide Ruler,,,,was Art Wagner



  DEC Rainbow running CPM. That was a great machine at the time.

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: Matthew Frederick 

    To: General pattern discussion 

    Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:51 PM

    Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Slide Ruler,,,,was Art Wagner



    Apple II

      ----- Original Message ----- 

      From: Michael Cohen 

      To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org 

      Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 8:07 PM

      Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Slide Ruler,,,,was Art Wagner



      Since this thread appears to have died, I have one thing to say.  Commodore 64!

      > To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
      > Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:09:56 -0400
      > From: rcmaster199 at aol.com
      > Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Slide Ruler,,,,was Art Wagner
      > 
      > raking in the sand dollars a Arch?
      > 
      > -----Original Message-----
      > From: Nat Penton <natpenton at centurytel.net>
      > To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
      > Sent: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 7:31 pm
      > Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Slide Ruler,,,,was Art Wagner
      > 
      > We'll miss you. Stay low !
      > ----- Original Message -----
      > From: "Archie Stafford" <astafford at swtexas.net>
      > To: "'General pattern discussion'" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
      > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:22 PM
      > Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Slide Ruler,,,,was Art Wagner
      > 
      > 
      > >I think Nat mis typed..I'm sure he meant 1846....:)
      > >
      > > Going to miss you at Crowley this year...unfortunately I'm in the 
      > Sand Box
      > > again..
      > >
      > > -----Original Message-----
      > > From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
      > > [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Ron 
      > Van
      > > Putte
      > > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:47 AM
      > > To: General pattern discussion
      > > Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Slide Ruler,,,,was Art Wagner
      > >
      > > Gee. I didn't know that aluminum had even been invented in 1946
      > > (yuck, yuck, yuck).
      > >
      > > Ron VP
      > >
      > > On Oct 14, 2008, at 6:09 PM, Nat Penton wrote:
      > >
      > >> Interesting Duane.
      > >> BTY, I purchased my slide rule in 1946. It has an aluminum frame.
      > >> Nat
      > >> ----- Original Message -----
      > >> From: Duane Beck
      > >> To: General pattern discussion
      > >> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 2:59 PM
      > >> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Slide Ruler,,,,was Art Wagner
      > >>
      > >> Apparently, William Oughtred in the 1630's.
      > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_ruler#History
      > >> http://mysite.du.edu/~jcalvert/tech/slidrul.htm
      > >>
      > >> -------------- Original message --------------
      > >> From: rcmaster199 at aol.com
      > >>
      > >> Anyone know who invented the thing??
      > >>
      > >>
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