[NSRCA-discussion] website back up

[Ron Van Putte]

Sorry, the origin of the term escapement was before my time.  Geez!   
I haven't been able to say anything like that for a while.

Ron VP

On Dec 4, 2010, at 10:21 AM, rcmaster199 at aol.com wrote:

> Ha, ha, ha...very funny Ron.
>
> Are you sure you didn't stick the big key in the back of the TX to  
> wind that spring up??
>
> Hey, BTW, where did the term "escapement" come from?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Sat, Dec 4, 2010 11:16 am
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] website back up
>
>
>
>
> Hey! We didn't have to "wind up the radio". We had to wind up the
> escapement rubber band. Big difference!
>
> Ron VP
>
> On Dec 4, 2010, at 10:09 AM, Bob Richards wrote:
>
> > Showing my age? Yeah, I wrote Fortran programs in school - on punch
> > cards. My first personal computer was a TRS80 MIII that I paid
> > $1000 for, 16k memory and cassette tape program storage. I worked
> > on point-of-sale systems ("POS" - LOL) that had 32k core memory. I
> > still have a cash register board somewhere with core memory on it.
> >
> > Well, at least I never flew a plane with a radio that required
> > winding up the radio. :-)
> >
> > Bob R.
> >
> > --- On Sat, 12/4/10, Bob Kane <getterflash at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > You are showing your age. You could see the "bits".
> >
> > Bob Kane
> > getterflash at yahoo.com
> >
> > --- On Fri, 12/3/10, Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com> wrote:
> >
> > Core memory, I bet!
> >
> >
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