RE: [Leica] Back in the days...

["Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>]

Horst,  are you just catching up after week away from the lug....?


Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of A.H.SCHMIDT
> Sent: November 10, 2000 6:19 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Back in the days...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Martin Howard wrote:
> 
> > A.H.SCHMIDT jotted down the following:
> >
> > > This reminds me, of the time I worked for ITT in Germany. At 
> this time, we
> > > developed the first microprocessor operated telemetry system 
> used in Germany
> > > (I believe in the world, but are not 100% sure)
> > > [...]
> > > The time was about 1978.
> > > [...]
> > > However the system was built, and as I understand, it still 
> works to day
> > > (running 24 Hrs a day) without failure. Roughly 3 Million 197 
> thousand 4
> > > hundred years later.
> > >
> >
> > Amazing.  By my calendar, there's only been about 22 years 
> since 1978.  If
> > you built it 3,197,400 years ago, I dare say you probably were 
> the first to
> > use microprocessor operated telemetry. ;)
> >
> 
> Martin, you've got a point there. It was supposed to be in hours.
> 
> Regards, Horst schmidt
> 
> 
>