Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Computers were virtually unavailable till the 80-'s.... most of them before around 1980 were used for accounting purposes..... PC's were first common around 1980.. ( TRS80 ) and useless for lens design. ( No programs) The Noctilux first appeared in 1966.. before computers ( mini or PC) were at all common. It was designed using slide rules ( and long division......) PS: Do kids learn Long division in school any more? PPS: Rei.. My wife was raised in Harrington Park, and my Brother lived in Ridgewood......His Ex still lives there...... Personally, I was raised in Bloomfield.... Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net i was reading puts to learn about the design of the noctilux and how much of a role computers played in its design (someone here had intimated that it was designed by slide rule.) the book (and other sources) intimate that mandler did embrace computer technology as a tool but nothing specific about the noctilux.