[NSRCA-discussion] website back up

[Phil Spelt]

Hey, Ron, I didn't know there WAS a "time" before your time...lol

At 11:28 AM 12/4/2010, you wrote:
>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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