Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]can't say I do. I was 1 year old in 49'...... you win!.... you are REALLY old! ;)~ Jack Tucson - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@pacbell.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs > Jack > > Nah! Remember the fins on the 1949 Cadillac? I was playing with > a Leica IIIC then. The M was not even the proverbial gleam then. > > Jerry > > Jack McLain wrote: > > > 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. 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