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My great-great-great uncle Charlie, known in mathematical circles as Chuck
Babbage, the square, constructed his Difference Engine in the 1820's. I
rescued the original machine from from my maiden, great Aunt Polly Nomial's
attic. (She, in turn, had inherited it from her seventh of twelve husbands,
Al G. Rhythm). Legend has it that he obtained it while trading with Tonto,
the Lone Ranger's sidekick, who offered it to Al when he asked him "what's
the difference injun!"
But let me stray no further. After oiling it's differential, I reduced the
Elliott Wave
to a ripple, reverted that liar, Fib-onnacci's to the Golden Mean, and made
the Spooz ooze.
So there!
Stu
PS A Mack truck did drive over Aunt Polly, and she did not sustain any
damage.
Stuart A. Miller
Tel: 954-438-0577
Fax: 917-464-8997
EMail: spooz2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
sunsetisles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carroll Slemaker" <cslemaker1@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Bob Scott" <rlscott@xxxxxxxx>; <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Computer Nostalgia
> I don't recall the year, but my first computer (home computer that is - I
> started work in the computer field in 1958) was an Ithaca Intersystems.
The
> front panel consisted of an array of lights and a bank of paddle switches
> and the case was heavy cast aluminum - a Mack truck could have driven over
> it without it sustaining any damage!
>
> Carroll
>
> PS - I also still have my sliderule.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Scott" <rlscott@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 4:42 PM
> Subject: Re: OT: Computer Nostalgia
>
>
> > OK, youngsters
> >
> > I waited two months for my new HP-35 to be delivered and what a joy. I
> was
> > using an I/O console for a 20 bit binary computer with a 12 bit address
> bus
> > (32+ switches) and even though the HP-35 didn't do decimal/octal
> conversions
> > directly it eased my workload considerably. I still have it - well I
also
> > have my slide rule <g>,
> >
> > My thanks also for a nice trip down memory lane.
> >
> > ~Bob
> >
>
>
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