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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Are you sure you didn't stick the big key in the back of the TX to wind that spring up??</div>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hey, BTW, where did the term "escapement" come from?</div>
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From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte@cox.net><br>
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<PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Hey! We didn't have to "wind up the radio". We had to wind up the <br>
escapement rubber band. Big difference! <br>
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Ron VP <br>
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On Dec 4, 2010, at 10:09 AM, Bob Richards wrote: <br>
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> Showing my age? Yeah, I wrote Fortran programs in school - on punch <br>
> cards. My first personal computer was a TRS80 MIII that I paid <br>
> $1000 for, 16k memory and cassette tape program storage. I worked <br>
> on point-of-sale systems ("POS" - LOL) that had 32k core memory. I <br>
> still have a cash register board somewhere with core memory on it. <br>
> <br>
> Well, at least I never flew a plane with a radio that required <br>
> winding up the radio. :-) <br>
> <br>
> Bob R. <br>
> <br>
> --- On Sat, 12/4/10, Bob Kane <<A href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com">getterflash@yahoo.com</A>> wrote: <br>
> <br>
> You are showing your age. You could see the "bits". <br>
> <br>
> Bob Kane <br>
> <A href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com">getterflash@yahoo.com</A> <br>
> <br>
> --- On Fri, 12/3/10, Bob Richards <<A href="mailto:bob@toprudder.com">bob@toprudder.com</A>> wrote: <br>
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> Core memory, I bet! <br>
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