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and this one has the hard disk that you have been waiting for 10 MB
for $3398 That's more than an Oxai :)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.rockingfundas.com/2010/08/30-old-pc-ads.html">http://www.rockingfundas.com/2010/08/30-old-pc-ads.html</a><br>
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That would make the 1 TB drive I just bought worth 339.8 million
dollars at that rate.<br>
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On 12/4/2010 1:04 PM, Ed Alt wrote:
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<div>As long as we're taking a trip down RC memory lane, this
may be of interest:</div>
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title="http://www.rchalloffame.org/"
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<div>Ed</div>
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<div>-----Original Message----- </div>
<div>From: ehaury </div>
<div>Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 12:49 PM </div>
<div>To: General pattern discussion </div>
<div>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] website back up </div>
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<div>"Escapement" comes from the mechanical clock mechanism
and is a device that </div>
<div>allows energy to "escape" from a spring in a regulated
incremental manner. </div>
<div>Our escapements did the same thing - applying the energy
escape from the </div>
<div>wound rubber band to a lever that moved the control
surface.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Earl</div>
<div> </div>
<div>----- Original Message ----- </div>
<div>From: "Ron Van Putte" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net"><vanputte@cox.net></a></div>
<div>To: "General pattern discussion"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org"><nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org></a></div>
<div>Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 10:28 AM</div>
<div>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] website back up</div>
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<div> </div>
<div>> Sorry, the origin of the term escapement was before
my time. Geez! I </div>
<div>> haven't been able to say anything like that for a
while.</div>
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<div>> Ron VP</div>
<div>></div>
<div>> On Dec 4, 2010, at 10:21 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rcmaster199@aol.com">rcmaster199@aol.com</a>
wrote:</div>
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<div>>> Ha, ha, ha...very funny Ron.</div>
<div>>></div>
<div>>> Are you sure you didn't stick the big key in the
back of the TX to wind </div>
<div>>> that spring up??</div>
<div>>></div>
<div>>> Hey, BTW, where did the term "escapement" come
from?</div>
<div>>></div>
<div>>></div>
<div>>> -----Original Message-----</div>
<div>>> From: Ron Van Putte <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net"><vanputte@cox.net></a></div>
<div>>> To: General pattern discussion
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org"><nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org></a></div>
<div>>> Sent: Sat, Dec 4, 2010 11:16 am</div>
<div>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] website back up</div>
<div>>></div>
<div>>></div>
<div>>></div>
<div>>></div>
<div>>> Hey! We didn't have to "wind up the radio". We
had to wind up the</div>
<div>>> escapement rubber band. Big difference!</div>
<div>>></div>
<div>>> Ron VP</div>
<div>>></div>
<div>>> On Dec 4, 2010, at 10:09 AM, Bob Richards wrote:</div>
<div>>></div>
<div>>> > Showing my age? Yeah, I wrote Fortran
programs in school - on punch</div>
<div>>> > cards. My first personal computer was a
TRS80 MIII that I paid</div>
<div>>> > $1000 for, 16k memory and cassette tape
program storage. I worked</div>
<div>>> > on point-of-sale systems ("POS" - LOL) that
had 32k core memory. I</div>
<div>>> > still have a cash register board somewhere
with core memory on it.</div>
<div>>> ></div>
<div>>> > Well, at least I never flew a plane with a
radio that required</div>
<div>>> > winding up the radio. :-)</div>
<div>>> ></div>
<div>>> > Bob R.</div>
<div>>> ></div>
<div>>> > --- On Sat, 12/4/10, Bob Kane
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com"><getterflash@yahoo.com></a> wrote:</div>
<div>>> ></div>
<div>>> > You are showing your age. You could see the
"bits".</div>
<div>>> ></div>
<div>>> > Bob Kane</div>
<div>>> > <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com">getterflash@yahoo.com</a></div>
<div>>> ></div>
<div>>> > --- On Fri, 12/3/10, Bob Richards
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bob@toprudder.com"><bob@toprudder.com></a> wrote:</div>
<div>>> ></div>
<div>>> > Core memory, I bet!</div>
<div>>> ></div>
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