Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/30

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Subject: [Leica] Memories of Technologies Past
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:44:15 -0400
References: <A881ECFD-307A-48B7-B32E-97F597F5B8FF@comcast.net> <F58FE67E-1D40-466B-98E0-6B236FC9FB8A@frozenlight.eu>

Yep.  Hard to believe, but then I worked the same project for almost thirty 
(among others, of course). 

Regards, 

Dick



On Jun 30, 2012, at 11:21 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> So you've had the same office for 25 years? That's stability!
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> YNWA
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 30, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Richard Taylor wrote:
> 
>> When I moved into my office, it must have been twenty-five years ago now, 
>> this cable was hanging from the ceiling.   I think it was a cable to a 
>> VT-100 terminal, part of a technology all ready on the way out.
>> 
>> It was still there last week when I moved out of the office (I've 
>> retired--finally), despite multiple installations of succeeding 
>> generations of networking cables.  It was unused, uncommented upon, and 
>> forgotten all those years.  
>> 
>> I came to think of it as an "installation," like you would see in an art 
>> museum, a monument to old technology.
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/misc/DSCF0242_DNG.jpg.html
>> 
>> I will miss it.
>> 
>> Shot with my Leica-ish X Pro-1 & 18 mm lens.  
>> 
>> Regards, 
>> 
>> Dick
>> 
>> 
>> 
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