Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs

["Jack McLain" <jmclainaz@comcast.net>]

also AM portable radios , football helmets without face shields, 45rpm
records, roll film, and cars with fins
Jack McLain
Tucson, AZ
http://jackmclain-photography.dotcommunity.net

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From: <grduprey@rockwellcollins.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs


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> Yup!  Shore Do.
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>                       Seth Rosner
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>                       08/20/2003 11:08 AM
>                       Please respond to
>                       leica-users
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> 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.
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> ----- 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
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> > 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
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