Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Seth Rotary dial phones? My first phone here in La Jolla had no dial at all. All calls were made through the operator. Jerry grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: > Yup! Shore Do. > > > Seth Rosner > <sethrosner@direcway.com> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent by: cc: > owner-leica-users@mejac.palo Subject: Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs > -alto.ca.us > > > 08/20/2003 11:08 AM > Please respond to > leica-users > > > > You guys are killing me. Does anyone remember mimeograph machines? Blue > fingers? Telephones with rotary dials? Transcontinental passenger trains? > Electric light bulbs? Horse as a mode of transport? ;-) luv it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert VanLane" <robert@actv.ne.jp> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:21 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs > > > I remember getting the releases on the Telex (wow , those machines were > > loud). I also remember setting type by hand and using the wax to layout > the > > columns. > > But it certainly doesn't feel like a long time ago though. > > I think my CL was new and hadn't been dropped in the lake yet. > > My 2 M3's were already abused as they were off-duty from the news room. > > > > > > Robert VanLane > > > > > > I used one of those to connect to the internet for the first time. I > > > > seem to remember it took me two or three days to install the software > > > > and make my first connection (using Telnet)... eventually managed to > > > > connect to the Library of Congress... I was astounded. I called > > > > everyone in the office over to look. It was as if we had contacted > Mars. > > > > > > > > That was less than 10 years ago. > > > > > > > > > > ...that is funny, because it was only about 10 years ago that I was > > getting > > > used to receiving press releases via the FAX machine. Now 90% of my > press > > > releases come via the internet. > > > > > > sl > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html