Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]first fins were on 57' Chevy I believe. Not sure about the 45s (good trivia question) Jack - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Firestone" <kenf@speakeasy.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 6:46 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs > On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Mike Durling wrote: > > Do you realize that the Leica M predates some of those things? > > Well, barely. When did the first fins show up on cars, and when did > the 45rpm records become available? Other stuff is all older. > > > Mike D > > Jack McLain wrote: > > 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 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > 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 > > > > > > > >>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 > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > ============================================================================ > Ken Firestone, W3CAT | For every problem there is one solution > kenf@speakeasy.net | which is simple, neat, and wrong. > ken@firestone.net | -- H. L. Mencken > ============================================================================ > > -- > 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