tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80858204919765975032024-03-12T17:22:49.016-07:00Magic MarginTypewriters, Photography, and Old Gadgets.Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comBlogger516125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-28401980941282010282023-09-23T20:03:00.000-07:002023-09-23T20:03:55.081-07:00Dispatch from the 2023 Phoenix Type-In<p><span style="text-align: justify;">Bill Wahl from the Mesa Typewriter Exchange texted me a few weeks ago inviting me to the 2023 Typewriter Round-Up Type-In at Changing Hands in Phoenix. It has been years since I've been to a type-in and this one was really fun. I've organized type-ins in the past but being there and participating in the kononia of typewriter camaraderie is a wonderful feeling. I only brought one typewriter--the blue Royal QDL (last picture in this post). </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5l3z1oELmBeeaz1cWEwanbBamYzU8G99XTkwv0wWcuucRL817IP1xrpH49v-ehPtmMr88rqOHeLki3qUuvreU3-UIzMn8iA2nyRRXuEAH7Y1k9OkerpUm-cKdzVhtd8wbnUc1FCWFxhoIXpv5ie6le0AUexvdMvSg0krpvRzc9gp7GcD2sp2p8nu9a0Ac/s4032/C100B8A0-5244-4F73-8AA5-74D277AFA39E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5l3z1oELmBeeaz1cWEwanbBamYzU8G99XTkwv0wWcuucRL817IP1xrpH49v-ehPtmMr88rqOHeLki3qUuvreU3-UIzMn8iA2nyRRXuEAH7Y1k9OkerpUm-cKdzVhtd8wbnUc1FCWFxhoIXpv5ie6le0AUexvdMvSg0krpvRzc9gp7GcD2sp2p8nu9a0Ac/w480-h640/C100B8A0-5244-4F73-8AA5-74D277AFA39E.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdyj5sLuuxbzFumAX8P2g02M4Vh0Cmc2Uzhp2AxRVK66znKE4bnnrC78NAYlWNnjpn76Mu4uroB7vJY-L59-BfSRL3bJVu6uYN6s_17DG0u2thAQY7inGT-hIqwbiLlD6fWIfLfuTnmwb8EOW34RQevqVvc9P2Snz_aJDoTIuo7QJfyA05vl8fJHhAaOv/s4032/C0DA6B04-3011-43E4-BD6D-6225459FD5C7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdyj5sLuuxbzFumAX8P2g02M4Vh0Cmc2Uzhp2AxRVK66znKE4bnnrC78NAYlWNnjpn76Mu4uroB7vJY-L59-BfSRL3bJVu6uYN6s_17DG0u2thAQY7inGT-hIqwbiLlD6fWIfLfuTnmwb8EOW34RQevqVvc9P2Snz_aJDoTIuo7QJfyA05vl8fJHhAaOv/w640-h480/C0DA6B04-3011-43E4-BD6D-6225459FD5C7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2Je6P-aMg5Mma2zzhxgNp56XfNfF2Roc8f2ikSIXe3y_XY51Tw2eZvIFB_U2qb4qhBye1g5GzxnaNZ4UnFd898Pgqdx_xIwRVBr9DbugSeS4GqJaZxLWxtf5MjNeobzyUnS3w-yPjZSbKAWVogupndGzheBSwgVR7vB_Bfk0t-EXTE7LNsgeSRW7iVze/s4032/B13DF633-5997-4C63-8CB6-AC355D90533E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2Je6P-aMg5Mma2zzhxgNp56XfNfF2Roc8f2ikSIXe3y_XY51Tw2eZvIFB_U2qb4qhBye1g5GzxnaNZ4UnFd898Pgqdx_xIwRVBr9DbugSeS4GqJaZxLWxtf5MjNeobzyUnS3w-yPjZSbKAWVogupndGzheBSwgVR7vB_Bfk0t-EXTE7LNsgeSRW7iVze/w480-h640/B13DF633-5997-4C63-8CB6-AC355D90533E.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNccSFLGgQYj_H1iwYprxbODaWhffLGsGVDZumfTjyEURCK-coZCIhyPY-aW2Y4Fys0BSG5PvE7QYi3zhen1FErQn90qZKcB3VhFnAnL4mf_3028LYvJJj64aKwrHZpKj5FWtL8rl3w4bZRryNtnH69uxH_sb4pK_WUubdaejFjnVGoUmERcaDZ9XUbvO/s4032/A7BF9DBF-9006-492C-A76B-6E475017A23E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNccSFLGgQYj_H1iwYprxbODaWhffLGsGVDZumfTjyEURCK-coZCIhyPY-aW2Y4Fys0BSG5PvE7QYi3zhen1FErQn90qZKcB3VhFnAnL4mf_3028LYvJJj64aKwrHZpKj5FWtL8rl3w4bZRryNtnH69uxH_sb4pK_WUubdaejFjnVGoUmERcaDZ9XUbvO/w480-h640/A7BF9DBF-9006-492C-A76B-6E475017A23E.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This yellow Royal QDL was a sunny sight to behold.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnt77Ua6UEAmd7QjWlhN23uDZPLswgKmh9t8i-lOha21xfdJ3O4to5ccSYAtkKiN5oVgDh3tcd_wNl_Jjzy2WzswncNpciayaAzKeqP7vncGELtDvANHEDDDZzZZZPXkiV0449XGHBUrGfNNJSqQzYarKbjVrweOPewD38R9avgnhmVTbYnO4GmggIJKx/s4032/22F27C98-E79F-46D2-A094-7169BD58140C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnt77Ua6UEAmd7QjWlhN23uDZPLswgKmh9t8i-lOha21xfdJ3O4to5ccSYAtkKiN5oVgDh3tcd_wNl_Jjzy2WzswncNpciayaAzKeqP7vncGELtDvANHEDDDZzZZZPXkiV0449XGHBUrGfNNJSqQzYarKbjVrweOPewD38R9avgnhmVTbYnO4GmggIJKx/w640-h480/22F27C98-E79F-46D2-A094-7169BD58140C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Olivetti has an amazing typeface and snappy feel. Beautiful.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SgXGJWJx2Fc7jRgq4trDgD0MPWUD9yICkiQtzGWoAYyHcQp3uzBI450GFwlw3-XzCow9D9zUelCj4vwfMuTCLpqjArZq4TjV_HZxpUB0aglprtHQk5DTeFMpKWpVEFS4M2SRWsL6G6ZlCUvTsvRuYzRlf_mp2kgRgKPTSrwn5XUhQRn9JByGdi8u3szp/s4032/8CD8A22A-1514-4967-A2C0-1BDE1F4D6CC8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SgXGJWJx2Fc7jRgq4trDgD0MPWUD9yICkiQtzGWoAYyHcQp3uzBI450GFwlw3-XzCow9D9zUelCj4vwfMuTCLpqjArZq4TjV_HZxpUB0aglprtHQk5DTeFMpKWpVEFS4M2SRWsL6G6ZlCUvTsvRuYzRlf_mp2kgRgKPTSrwn5XUhQRn9JByGdi8u3szp/w640-h480/8CD8A22A-1514-4967-A2C0-1BDE1F4D6CC8.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqdBlGRAacjpK_jjsBFoMrULZvHITAvS8oAGSSoDb5uQIRmmFWcnjp5pxNAwyBxNlb7twwYZc1dXUkmYyql-EL7Nk1NakpYS4WK1aX8DR-NNFJD68z_qdEFFmbY0lAMMtpi1njcTQokdaN16M1645q_tHCbxOg6RPtwa2IKh0iEFXjOHitVffQMQZgJH1/s4032/5FAE727A-FD1F-459D-BC22-91DFBDCB4327.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqdBlGRAacjpK_jjsBFoMrULZvHITAvS8oAGSSoDb5uQIRmmFWcnjp5pxNAwyBxNlb7twwYZc1dXUkmYyql-EL7Nk1NakpYS4WK1aX8DR-NNFJD68z_qdEFFmbY0lAMMtpi1njcTQokdaN16M1645q_tHCbxOg6RPtwa2IKh0iEFXjOHitVffQMQZgJH1/w480-h640/5FAE727A-FD1F-459D-BC22-91DFBDCB4327.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">It was a well-attended type-in. There were representatives from far-flung parts of the West; Joe Van Cleave, The Rt. Rev. Munk, </span><span style="text-align: left;">Jeremiah, and other Typosphere luminaries. I thought the machine selection was varied and interesting. Also, the interest from the patrons of Changing Hands added to the exciting atmosphere. Speaking of Changing Hands, they were incredibly gracious and a wonderful host for all the Phoenix Typewriter Round-Ups.</span></div><p></p>Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-40037149336019112252023-07-05T21:18:00.003-07:002023-07-07T07:08:21.251-07:00Real...ぴゅう太 : A Tomy Tutor Tribute Sticker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIzbGNbKzZ2rAvEXPPCFJ1IALQ0EExJz2d7qbSg_JMK-Qlkpt-YHmAlZT0n5hHu0jiAqvr7ztKzeCbeQ_yiqOAMpoUGTSmLuh2SsE-TT2yEWiW7Ofej6RP8chWgE6UBEKeECWPaBYuh8UIOfqVC_3G-r3FD6QhnBFionUtZI4XcyNdDvaOPc_qLckAxzF/s900/Purcell_Sticker_V3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIzbGNbKzZ2rAvEXPPCFJ1IALQ0EExJz2d7qbSg_JMK-Qlkpt-YHmAlZT0n5hHu0jiAqvr7ztKzeCbeQ_yiqOAMpoUGTSmLuh2SsE-TT2yEWiW7Ofej6RP8chWgE6UBEKeECWPaBYuh8UIOfqVC_3G-r3FD6QhnBFionUtZI4XcyNdDvaOPc_qLckAxzF/w266-h400/Purcell_Sticker_V3.png" width="266" /></a></div>I love the Tomy Tutor. I didn't have one as a kid, but I have several now. I was the point-person for a group buy on AtariAge to get a few multicarts sent from Europe. To commemorate this exciting event, I created a custom sticker featuring Sara Purcell the ever-wonderful star spokesperson for the Tomy Tutor. I have several extras. If you are interested in one for your collection, let me know (thomas#r#p#adney[at]gmail.com) get rid of the #). $2.00 each.<p>Want to learn more about the Tomy Tutor? Check out these links:</p><p>Cameron Kaiser's "Little Orphan: Tomy Tutor" <a href="https://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tomy/">https://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tomy/</a></p><p>AtariAge Tomy Tutor Form (Subset of the TI99/4a forums):<a href="https://forums.atariage.com/forum/345-tomy-tutor-cc40-992-998-cortex-990-mini/"> https://forums.atariage.com/forum/345-tomy-tutor-cc40-992-998-cortex-990-mini/</a></p>Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-4225467795976268052023-07-04T08:04:00.003-07:002023-07-04T08:04:59.542-07:00Don Lancaster<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0KtJwT5iMK2OMsrV1W6KTYnxGIcnmOvw2tXjnt3fB-pFr9buB9Nen519VQ23KMv1MSreS8CqeNfldafTJYZxmMPKCbm69B0jIwuSRzoX6_CB6Mu8ErKnrTjWXA9AmVpvJ1dNDGdx4HNfGZYqeBwyVp8hpu8yTde2Gqe-DsZ9iAEeWk6mBAENBnvoS3DA/s4032/IMG_2054.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0KtJwT5iMK2OMsrV1W6KTYnxGIcnmOvw2tXjnt3fB-pFr9buB9Nen519VQ23KMv1MSreS8CqeNfldafTJYZxmMPKCbm69B0jIwuSRzoX6_CB6Mu8ErKnrTjWXA9AmVpvJ1dNDGdx4HNfGZYqeBwyVp8hpu8yTde2Gqe-DsZ9iAEeWk6mBAENBnvoS3DA/w480-h640/IMG_2054.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I heard that Don Lancaster passed away on June 7th in Mesa. Strangely, I had been leafing through one of his books a few days before --The TV Typewriter Cookbook--thinking about a long-term project. I was looking for his site and I couldn't remember the URL so the search came back with the news. There have been a fair <a href="https://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2023/07/In-Praise-of-Don-Lancaster.html">number</a> <a href="http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2023/07/rip-don-lancaster.html">of</a> <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/07/02/saying-goodbye-to-don-lancaster/">posts</a> about Don Lancaster; all in the last few days. From the comments you begin to understand that hobbyists and enthusiasts loved his cookbooks. These texts opened up CMOS, and TTL, and hardware design to a huge audience of tinkerers and makers. It's easy to see that he was a formative teacher and mentor for a generation of hackers.</p><p>Polymaths walk among us resisting the urge to specialize. Don Lancaster's passions included day hikes, blogging, prehistoric desert canal systems, Post Script, and more. I've always found him to be an interesting character and one of the charming desert weirdos that make a home in this harsh landscape.</p><p>Check out Don's <a href="https://www.tinaja.com">website</a>. </p>Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-71882292180726990942023-02-23T12:00:00.005-07:002023-03-07T14:26:46.183-07:00Apple IIc<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CsY5_foDUYIT7sFNafC5o26necLziujgke3uhsNiaODH9trC5UQ9qz2zYhYDDahz9vPWS5GYUQo6P2J4K_bnruGK8L5oUTWhw-R9TYGUBkOMZIkk45kMSKU2CNNk8g84h19mxHk7toosqNJd_qn-vgfVPw2l32cfFXGc8hLePnynizjVrfvd0ekb6A/s1000/Apple_IIc_sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CsY5_foDUYIT7sFNafC5o26necLziujgke3uhsNiaODH9trC5UQ9qz2zYhYDDahz9vPWS5GYUQo6P2J4K_bnruGK8L5oUTWhw-R9TYGUBkOMZIkk45kMSKU2CNNk8g84h19mxHk7toosqNJd_qn-vgfVPw2l32cfFXGc8hLePnynizjVrfvd0ekb6A/w640-h426/Apple_IIc_sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The restored Apple //c mentioned below.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>When did thes place become a retrocumputing blog? I don't know. Somewhere between IBM Selectrics and watches. Even though I am not a computer teacher, I spend most of my days around computers. If you didn't kow I teach Photography now. It was a natural transition (for me) from my life as an English/Yearbook journalism teacher to Photograpy.</p><p>For me all hobbies are cyclical.</p><p>Retrocomuting is something I did when retrocomuters were just junk. Join me in the mid 1990s.</p><p>Being a copmputer hobbyist was fun back then. Roughly 10 years removed from the computer revoltion, modern devices were so advanced that old stuff --the Apples II, Macintoshes, Commodores 64--were plentiful junk. Thrift stores were filled with strange computers that just didn't catch on; piled up and sold pfor pennies for </p><p>The mecca of thrifting in Phoenix was a store call Chic and Cheap on Indian School Rd. and 7th Ave. It was a huge place that smelled heavily of cinnamon air freshner, but has some amazing old computer junk. I remember finding an Apple Lisa 2/10 on a shelf for $15. I did buy it and many years later I gave it to a family member. I hope he still has it.</p><p>I decided to start collecting at a time when they were cheap and plentiful. That's not the case now. Go on the usual auction sites and they are expensive. OR you are buying junk that you have to fix. I used to be a contender. Here's a little list of all the machines I remember having:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><i>Commodore: Commodore 62, VIC 20, Amiga 500</i></p><p><i>Apple: IIe, ///, IIc, IIgs (Woz), Lisa, Mac 128k, 512k, 512ke, Plus, SE, SE/30, Mac II</i></p></blockquote><p>I'm sure that I will remember more as time goes on, but most of them are gone. I still have the SE. I have a Classic from somewhere. That's about it. I can't recall where it all went. Really, it doesn't matter. However, I wanted to get back into retrocoumputing becasue of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego.</p><p>WITWICS was one of my favorite games circa 1984. We had it at school, but the computer at home was a TI99/4a and it definitely wasn't going to get a port. When my father passed the family computer went into a closet and was forgotten. I had always hoped that I would get around to writing a version of the game for the TI. I was young and hoped to make something that would make my dead dad proud. Life and tough memories got in the way and I was interested in other aspects of computers, amateur radio, photography, etc.</p><p>History became legend, legend became myth and my retrocomputing passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance came, I bought a new TI99/4a. My plans for a WITWICS clone came bubbling up and I knew that I wanted to work on that for a while.</p><p>But I wanted to playthe original game on vintage hardware to inspire my new version for the TI99/4a. </p><p>I needed an Apple II, but I wanted a //c for storage purposes.</p><p>To the internet! I found they were all very expensive. After hunting a while I found a rough looking example for a reasonable price (with a powersupply) and ordered it. What ensued is another story for another time, but in all honesty there was Retrobright-ing involved.</p><p>In the end I had a machine that could play the first version of WITWICS and do the research for my port to the '99. Will it ever get done? I don't know. It's a big project and the journey is really the destination &c. &c.</p>Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-10192594008180533532022-12-28T08:22:00.001-07:002022-12-28T08:22:24.487-07:00Waterbury Carriage Clock Repeater<p>I am in the process of doing a clean and restoration o this clock, but I wanted to have a quick-to-access semi-permanent place to post the pictures. I'll probably post updates as I work on it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXrwXX_yceV92fIf8dWMPR8LuWkZPgX2hxyeYaeu1GG2mPtG-B_tbhTvSKjmQUwOiHVcL5295GOiz5rm0thG3PabBMHPt2AUeH3ujuQ1sIvQIcWjQvuDC00cFa-U9Leyy2oYCewQP7uADnBdqfQeBWq6F13IfxC_lHuk9tHMswEOZ5AuuubjBQfTTjg/s1280/IMG_1456.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXrwXX_yceV92fIf8dWMPR8LuWkZPgX2hxyeYaeu1GG2mPtG-B_tbhTvSKjmQUwOiHVcL5295GOiz5rm0thG3PabBMHPt2AUeH3ujuQ1sIvQIcWjQvuDC00cFa-U9Leyy2oYCewQP7uADnBdqfQeBWq6F13IfxC_lHuk9tHMswEOZ5AuuubjBQfTTjg/w150-h200/IMG_1456.jpeg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtE3Frk9yigFFldIOrQAM1iM6OGmpxibHqwsdkaDW8UhqOiVokTJLSWgzzPFLkSgj3bYDbgOtl8cGBLDpC_VL4QYFjNvWRIIxtTObsaQ4kHqUhsbXQrYAxWC6Bb9EYlu9f6VQEZ1ogs--P4bc09RVM1b8iRLDZBbE7aXp4mQd1AW5wpefSXikyZSHDA/s1280/IMG_1455.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRBYVUIerG3LeDbuUNncRB4bEmrkLpXXitysCpFUpEM1g5b2CXVUYKZlUS5_pag-ZkwsIhbZyYz6-ZA-bToBZE545FBu2FwbaMVDPozf9RUaXpshOGkF0EcvCbo2oa_3fawqP9ssyB9c-xpEOBoQYrN_WONfEk2iMnEMD4LFXyw0XXErk3FV_tIA3FA/s1280/IMG_1512.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRBYVUIerG3LeDbuUNncRB4bEmrkLpXXitysCpFUpEM1g5b2CXVUYKZlUS5_pag-ZkwsIhbZyYz6-ZA-bToBZE545FBu2FwbaMVDPozf9RUaXpshOGkF0EcvCbo2oa_3fawqP9ssyB9c-xpEOBoQYrN_WONfEk2iMnEMD4LFXyw0XXErk3FV_tIA3FA/w150-h200/IMG_1512.jpeg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-76767302070246835352022-06-07T14:54:00.002-07:002022-06-07T14:54:22.997-07:00I've Always Been a Time GuyTimeophile? Is that a thing? Can you like time like people like murder mysteries, cups of tea, and typewriters? If you do, does that make you a watch person?<div><br /></div><div>I've been plumbing the depths of clocks, watches, and watch repair recently. Specifically, trying my hand at some repairs. I was able to get this Elgin 18s pocket watch to run nicely and keep time +4 seconds a day. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7TkoOHQ2RV15ZMYKwA_0z1sbPzmCO9eCd6F_kDvfx4VLiIodLfadNldYeWD7jQ54Y0CPHvycSfMFC5UsWPFVeioUD_BvYvU6-_3RnL_uipGSU0CpS-EMXsOxCGreZ4dYtjHBlJ82KutsDAlh2a4ARZwJJOLDtgeC40zYEEAoJS4vBoIbZeotv8m8GPQ/s4032/IMG_0699.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7TkoOHQ2RV15ZMYKwA_0z1sbPzmCO9eCd6F_kDvfx4VLiIodLfadNldYeWD7jQ54Y0CPHvycSfMFC5UsWPFVeioUD_BvYvU6-_3RnL_uipGSU0CpS-EMXsOxCGreZ4dYtjHBlJ82KutsDAlh2a4ARZwJJOLDtgeC40zYEEAoJS4vBoIbZeotv8m8GPQ/w480-h640/IMG_0699.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Why, yes! That <u>is</u> a 3-d printed casing cushion. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's given me some confidence to try other timepieces. I'm working on an old Raketa now and I plan to move onto a Longines in short order. Never spending too much on these, I am having fun and staying out of trouble which is the purpose of a hobby.</div><br /><div><br /></div>Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-63680740745256752132022-02-02T12:42:00.001-07:002022-02-02T12:42:22.080-07:00Busy As A Bee-HiveIt's trite and a little annoying to say that back in my day, the internet was an encyclopedia. Not only does that bon mot betray a fundamental lack of understanding, it would prove that I'm not that funny. Regardless, back in my day the internet was an encyclopedia. I loved the encyclopedia with a zeal that is reserved for the internet today. I would pour over the outdated World Book set that my grandfather bought when he had a young family.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJ5XJUCzdeiv3vet9PLjyGFsnespuPrH4nsc5T2qU9I3epEX1qlVRTAG0UTTDEGcykIasMLxTYx_A9s5CowBKp55ygpggMmm9lt3TIO3xi4cRL9wLGlIQG1oD90vWAkEXfUVGmd5oxPuoaT-4vqhrnozywhE5IelRmS5SEi_iWVGALhzaCTNOa2IpNag=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="1024" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJ5XJUCzdeiv3vet9PLjyGFsnespuPrH4nsc5T2qU9I3epEX1qlVRTAG0UTTDEGcykIasMLxTYx_A9s5CowBKp55ygpggMmm9lt3TIO3xi4cRL9wLGlIQG1oD90vWAkEXfUVGmd5oxPuoaT-4vqhrnozywhE5IelRmS5SEi_iWVGALhzaCTNOa2IpNag=w640-h448" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Encyclopedia sets were a sign of mid-century prosperity. Your family could own the SUM KNOWLEGE OF THE WORLD. It wasn't called the World Book for nothing.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjQqzlNthQrbUxN1jwiHh1Wx60YwSapgqa-s_sLGn3YwlTorwduLqzhgVddRWv82SuWQ-BlOkdLdsrDFLwuMdjtf6_MT7OJLesaDOaCRae7Bjp5nG47W55QViUl6vm54D3eiwxYHbvPZkhSs1cNJr93Lg6z5AjBoWXiebgIRzk84Ep1jIU57JPunIR0A=s888"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="660" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjQqzlNthQrbUxN1jwiHh1Wx60YwSapgqa-s_sLGn3YwlTorwduLqzhgVddRWv82SuWQ-BlOkdLdsrDFLwuMdjtf6_MT7OJLesaDOaCRae7Bjp5nG47W55QViUl6vm54D3eiwxYHbvPZkhSs1cNJr93Lg6z5AjBoWXiebgIRzk84Ep1jIU57JPunIR0A=w476-h640" width="476" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Much of the advertising of the time posited the encyclopedia set as a preparatory tool for the future. Typewriter advertisements of the same period and flavor made the argument that a new typewriter would ensure success for your children. That success was, of course, purely financial because at $1600 (adjusted for inflation) the encyclopedia wasn't cheap.</div><div><br /></div><div>Open to a page and you could find an article about pretty much anything. To a kid in northwest Indiana, it was really a world book; the sum of all knowledge. I loved to look at the title page for each volume because there was a little area that showed the progression of the letter from the Egyptian hieroglyph, the Greek letter, and to the Roman alphabet. Information covered every page. The special pages were my favorite; fold out maps, color plates of "Costumes of the World", and the layer-by-layer visible man printed on acetate sheets .</div><div><br /></div><div>Today, the internet is my World Book and I was trying to do a deep dive on these things:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuOVwaQZC-BfXAnQ9NGo2dkO5gTkr87hcJU63aKn8vGwdg0gCi8CS6BbcWFHFtFsocq0bbz81sYIK7HXvgJvfJAJYd-icdyXbfMKIcGm8IOX79t57xfVXaV5NwW0hBiQdj0V-l0qMpbOghoCc53HRZ9gM32px6UGvIBLJck3A7sOFRCy8uaT4MRYLYGA=s644" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="644" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuOVwaQZC-BfXAnQ9NGo2dkO5gTkr87hcJU63aKn8vGwdg0gCi8CS6BbcWFHFtFsocq0bbz81sYIK7HXvgJvfJAJYd-icdyXbfMKIcGm8IOX79t57xfVXaV5NwW0hBiQdj0V-l0qMpbOghoCc53HRZ9gM32px6UGvIBLJck3A7sOFRCy8uaT4MRYLYGA=w640-h548" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>If you think they look like old-timey ceramic insulators in cobalt blue, you would be correct. They are old-timey insulators in cobalt blue. These kind of bee-hive insulators were common with electric hobbyist in the first half of the 20th century. If I was to look up insulators in the old World Book there wouldn't be an entry for them. There might be a reference to insulators in the entry for electricity, but the granularity of the internet is its best quality. If you look hard enough you will find something that will point you in the right direction. </div><div><br /></div><div>A few minutes of my time revealed a number of sites dedicated to people who love antique electric insulators:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj95oPTWdFh2Zan47o3byCA3KZxS7nIRj_g4Pu_aYIPzpVnhrLIrux-BbGQsL6c0WJcH0Jg_TDbr-vhamAkFb41H7TGyfi5Gr9iNrzlom9X1Eb3TkhgX6tZspkETrEiKw-Hsgs8Q6f5otaHhqlmqsGk7KxFgWawJhoF1fZV-Zxg0c1wUrkesukOPwFcAw=s1743" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1743" data-original-width="1499" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj95oPTWdFh2Zan47o3byCA3KZxS7nIRj_g4Pu_aYIPzpVnhrLIrux-BbGQsL6c0WJcH0Jg_TDbr-vhamAkFb41H7TGyfi5Gr9iNrzlom9X1Eb3TkhgX6tZspkETrEiKw-Hsgs8Q6f5otaHhqlmqsGk7KxFgWawJhoF1fZV-Zxg0c1wUrkesukOPwFcAw=w344-h400" width="344" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhN2CUddcBPp7m_ndi3-ctgy1S4vhAIYB2GN19LkfZNheJbC6sljpj2FXmzE84vjoHHpyUd3UlNdP5Q50yUjQTkblHb_u4HdRJJ5_0gUPEjG_TFbSLbqMrzFQdxIuREmxXYX6cRoHle23FEBai1b039SvRZB5gsbEYLaG1Q_4MZTdbW2IKdMZObMkJTuQ=s1894" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="1894" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhN2CUddcBPp7m_ndi3-ctgy1S4vhAIYB2GN19LkfZNheJbC6sljpj2FXmzE84vjoHHpyUd3UlNdP5Q50yUjQTkblHb_u4HdRJJ5_0gUPEjG_TFbSLbqMrzFQdxIuREmxXYX6cRoHle23FEBai1b039SvRZB5gsbEYLaG1Q_4MZTdbW2IKdMZObMkJTuQ=w640-h298" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As fans of typewriters, I think we are well past the point of shock at discovering that the internet is filled with wonderfully esoteric digital communities supporting unusual hobbies. Deep in the archives of NIA, there are digital copies of "Old Familiar Strains", a newsletter for collectors of antenna insulators and related items. The October 1997 edition of the newsletter covers Birnbach ceramic isolators and there is even some clip art namely:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimGhWW_TuBRRysS39hczMU1k2XjP_NGV8GoWxv6mowaZMlswiI3HjE78JJjzbK02qzD-2mAftPPJx-tWzmAgQbyH-uWBbZUwkCxkXnLEpIovcvDr7th09tNFDvl_8icj57xg2XAlngeKixPjPL9H5GqdLjEur2MPKBVqwOI6yRgDLBbuPowawNUkybTw=s868" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="868" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimGhWW_TuBRRysS39hczMU1k2XjP_NGV8GoWxv6mowaZMlswiI3HjE78JJjzbK02qzD-2mAftPPJx-tWzmAgQbyH-uWBbZUwkCxkXnLEpIovcvDr7th09tNFDvl_8icj57xg2XAlngeKixPjPL9H5GqdLjEur2MPKBVqwOI6yRgDLBbuPowawNUkybTw=w640-h286" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">However, the insulators that I have are blue, not white or brown. Still, they are the same kind. The World Book internet helped me find out more about these little ceramic doodads. What am I going to do with them? I am glad that you asked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Let me take you to a more electrifying time: 1929! That year was a sea change for amateur radio (also called ham radio of which I am a practitioner under the callsign KC7RZR). Two years earlier, in 1927, the Radiotelegraph Act set up a federal radio commission. In the winter of that same year, 72 countries gathered in Washington DC for the International Radiotelegraph Conference and hammered out an agreement that would finally regulate the radio spectrum. Ham radio operators would have to clean up their act and leave behind the unregulated world of early radio and embrace 1929-style radio.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">QST, a hobbyist magazine of the ARRL, covered the deadline frequently and offered plans for 1929 compliant transmitters. So many of these builds were breadboard (as in make from a breadboard) because commercial amateur radio equipment is a oxymoron. These early hams were supposed to build a transmitter and that is what I am doing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In my quest to build a TNT transmitter, I've started collecting the parts. I have quite a few to go, but I thought I would share this unusual item and hobby.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">How common are these be-hive insulators? Not common enough for the antique radio enthusiast. There are no new manufacturers, but I have a trick up my sleeve and it includes my love of hobbyist ceramics...</div><div><br /></div>Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-83663091154017829622021-06-10T18:54:00.000-07:002021-06-10T18:54:09.901-07:00Jack Lemmon and a Remington<p> Spotted in <i>Bell, Book, and Candle, </i>1958.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIV5eRDYZn2EyRX54lSnl1IZqDM-8mPgjYfDf9G_9StLs_x4Hy5588E2QTRad_gEHEsoOX_fzyR6rSQj_3fpKJxfRvuLhVceNJGEQxalbG37xq_prXB3Nnc-yi66zckL5__0R8xzzXM5Hy/s2048/Screen+Shot+2021-06-05+at+9.37.28+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="2048" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIV5eRDYZn2EyRX54lSnl1IZqDM-8mPgjYfDf9G_9StLs_x4Hy5588E2QTRad_gEHEsoOX_fzyR6rSQj_3fpKJxfRvuLhVceNJGEQxalbG37xq_prXB3Nnc-yi66zckL5__0R8xzzXM5Hy/w640-h336/Screen+Shot+2021-06-05+at+9.37.28+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-9927502950365821872021-04-28T20:03:00.001-07:002021-04-28T20:03:52.454-07:00TI-99/4A Play-and-Display<div>I grew up in NW Indiana outside Chicago in a city called Hammond. It was a gray industrial place, but I remember the oak trees and the snug working-class houses. My parents were married a couple of years when they moved out of their apartment just over the Illinois border into my childhood home. They were kids of the early 70s and didn’t have a lot of cash. My dad worked as a technician at a small electrical engineering firm on the North Side. It was a small outfit that did contract work for larger companies. Being a young man with a family at home, a computer was an unaffordable luxury. However, doing odd-jobs for my grandfather and delivering pizzas in the evenings and weekends, he was able to save up for a computer. I guess he really wanted an Apple II, but it was too expensive. However, the TI was reasonably priced due to the price wars with Commodore. With the TI he could add accessories later on. In the end he had saved up for a PEB, monitor, modem, the whole nine yards.</div><div><br /></div><div>He passed away in ’85 at the age of 28 in a car accident. I was 5 at the time. My memory of the TI stops after that. No one in the house really was into computers and it was moved into my bedroom. In the end it just gathered dust. I didn’t want to use it because I missed my dad. Eventually, it was packed into boxes and put in the basement with his oscilloscope and other computer stuff. After a respectable interval, my mother sold everything to a young guy who was studying EE at Perdue Calumet.<br /><br />As I got older I regretted that the TI was gone. That computer meant a lot to my father and he worked hard to save to get it. So, this year I decided to find a good example and dedicate a space in my office to recreate what I remember of that vintage computer. I specifically wanted to have a nice display for the unit and a way to keep all the associated items in one place. The 99 uses cartridges for many programs so having storage for that would be helpful.</div><div><br /></div><div>I mulled over the idea for some time, did some sketches, and came up with an eye-catching design:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5oLYlWEh9msJ6aFZwjQ9x0KHHvmqPbK5XaYU3TEa7xIW4CmUa7jaRAcZFuy3Av6O88BxsGAUV_ZpvO2GW8BdHEkYwBVXFVe3lVGi6HF18UGAlWxHzdMdXo5dowMeXwoCEHE8xv1FpFmD/s1644/Screen+Shot+2021-03-08+at+9.30.27+AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="1518" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5oLYlWEh9msJ6aFZwjQ9x0KHHvmqPbK5XaYU3TEa7xIW4CmUa7jaRAcZFuy3Av6O88BxsGAUV_ZpvO2GW8BdHEkYwBVXFVe3lVGi6HF18UGAlWxHzdMdXo5dowMeXwoCEHE8xv1FpFmD/w590-h640/Screen+Shot+2021-03-08+at+9.30.27+AM.png" width="590" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">TinkerCad is a great!</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The body of the shelf is made of 3/4" baltic birch plywood fastened with pocket screws. There is a single moveable shelf that holds the user manual and programming guides. I put a basket in the lower space to hold cables, the remote controls, and other pieces that need to be safely stowed. The picture blow does not show the basket, but trust me, it's necessary to keep the cables and components organized.<div><br /></div><div>Early in the design I wanted a large, orange TI logo. The early cartridges all sport this color and I wanted to have it part of the look. The plywood is painted in a color called Web Gray (Sherwin-Williams) and the edges of the plywood are finished with a clear butcher block finish. Partly because I wanted the layers of the plywood to show through and partly because I had a can of it in my paint cabinet. There's also another piece of furniture in the room that has a similar look.<br /><div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7ySPEsAPD4fPujxWSP-SIhLyQlrYwVH95rtKmOWOFsnzXhiN6wxlyIZ9U4iMrIL_Mj3LLBhnb631AFsHrVYUysTEPN9P05pa2L5JrjBwnudWWmgCYdM81AKgyDyhrtMfH9sQncvT_86M/s2048/IMG_1785.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7ySPEsAPD4fPujxWSP-SIhLyQlrYwVH95rtKmOWOFsnzXhiN6wxlyIZ9U4iMrIL_Mj3LLBhnb631AFsHrVYUysTEPN9P05pa2L5JrjBwnudWWmgCYdM81AKgyDyhrtMfH9sQncvT_86M/w480-h640/IMG_1785.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div></div><br />Not having a monitor or a spare TV I decided to use one of those cheap backup camera displays. They are native RCA and the price was right. I was even able to drive it off the 12v line coming form the video port. I think there is some noise on the signal, but for my purpose (casual use at best) it was just fine. There would be room on the back panel area to mount a small flat panel TV and I might do that in the future.</div><div><br /></div><div>Retro computing, like typewriter collecting, is really an exercise in storage. Finding places to store these large devices can quickly overwhelm a display space and veer into Collyer Brothers territory. With a display like this I must keep the collection within strict confines and my family is very appreciative of that.</div><div><br /><br /></div></div>Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-8717251442640571492021-04-25T20:31:00.006-07:002021-04-25T20:36:25.682-07:00Offworld Communication<p>Sometimes you get lucky. I was lucky when I found this calculator:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv8B1kJjMP-dcQHQd4Oy1icoD8WXQkAr-3hIL1FJSj4mzbqMSOV9Ryk1gpekdWg6agAER9IhghXbN7g6le8ufLVsE47L9NUprpPk1e-LzPjMU990rBNPG8dpMX_VX0Cxb6mP8-9aqBilhX/s2048/FBD8F131-E3DE-4D51-AE49-344C4E3D84D7.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv8B1kJjMP-dcQHQd4Oy1icoD8WXQkAr-3hIL1FJSj4mzbqMSOV9Ryk1gpekdWg6agAER9IhghXbN7g6le8ufLVsE47L9NUprpPk1e-LzPjMU990rBNPG8dpMX_VX0Cxb6mP8-9aqBilhX/w300-h400/FBD8F131-E3DE-4D51-AE49-344C4E3D84D7.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I was excited by this find. You don't find many of these in the calculator bins at thrift stores because the internet has made them famous. They are easy to get, but not for $3.00. The 11C (from the Voyager series) was a mid-range RPN programmable scientific. This one was made around 1987 and while used, it is clean and works really well.<p></p><p>I have another Voyager series calculator, but it's the more common (and still manufactured) 12C Financial. The 12C is a hard calculator to like because of late-stage capitalism, but the 11C is filled with scientific goodness. Sine? Check. Statistical analysis? Check. Programming? Check. This little gem has it all.</p><p>As I was enjoying playing around with these marvelous buttons, I started thinking about the back of these little wonders. Why the back? The back is covered with information engraved on an aluminum sheet. The back serves as a cheat sheet of sorts; offering guidance on how to program the device, common error codes, battery size and orientation. It's delightfully empty of words instead relying on the dual universal language; images and math. I took the time to search through the manual to understand it and make this information graphic:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7Xe9cITMljYE2trO1d0B0zUnR-pk3qJ1Qy2dkk7O1kIm90awZ7NanSzEQEmI59Td20pFMDU3mTWoV1JBfS9MR6RlXZvKL8zO-AHRy_rwniliW_Apf3uAulNWETBJtIlX7InOlXEHmWF4/s1650/HP11C_v2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="1650" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7Xe9cITMljYE2trO1d0B0zUnR-pk3qJ1Qy2dkk7O1kIm90awZ7NanSzEQEmI59Td20pFMDU3mTWoV1JBfS9MR6RlXZvKL8zO-AHRy_rwniliW_Apf3uAulNWETBJtIlX7InOlXEHmWF4/w640-h494/HP11C_v2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fun right? Maybe not exactly fun for the people who relied on this calculator to make rockets, vaccines, or nuclear power plants. While I'm not a practitioner of the hard sciences myself, I do respect and understand the importance of science and mathematics in the history of human thought and appreciate the beauty and aesthetic nature of this type of communication.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/">I often visit this web site to get a sense of my own scale in time and the universe.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>
Not much older than myself, these two spacecraft have been flying through the expanse for over 40 years. Millions of miles away from this planet and our sun, this probe just keeps traveling. Unless it's destroyed by an interstellar collision or pick up by another civilization, it will silently keep traveling.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/assets/images/golden-record/voyager.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="800" height="336" src="https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/assets/images/golden-record/voyager.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Like the back of the HP11C there is a cheat sheet on this spacecraft in the shape of a golden record. Most of the interest in the golden record centers around the content of the golden record. While interesting, I think that the cover of the record is even more intriguing. How do you communicate with someone using images and math? The committee that created the visual/auditory anthology on the record created this:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/assets/images/golden-record/record-diagram.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="733" height="337" src="https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/assets/images/golden-record/record-diagram.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The hope that a far future people can understand the cover and its instructions is almost an act of faith.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1cdXA6RNC3ae9vZFrnl3MoooX6pjtjBYbyz2TrWWE-dIZPd_q-yqv29IFpAL9y0YUB0I_lOXLKUSrK6ApmK2wBHGNAz_P0eNuVbDbBnHU0PxbAPst6Jv7lZvvR1Jp3sEuUUKvYfullVsR/s1536/1536px-Voyager_Golden_Record_Cover_Explanation.svg.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1cdXA6RNC3ae9vZFrnl3MoooX6pjtjBYbyz2TrWWE-dIZPd_q-yqv29IFpAL9y0YUB0I_lOXLKUSrK6ApmK2wBHGNAz_P0eNuVbDbBnHU0PxbAPst6Jv7lZvvR1Jp3sEuUUKvYfullVsR/w640-h500/1536px-Voyager_Golden_Record_Cover_Explanation.svg.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />The cover and the contents of the record says more about us as humans than it could ever say to a distant people. Sagan likened the record as a note in a bottle. It may reach far distant shores or it may be lost in the vast unknown. Both are possible, but we hope the bottle lands none-the-less. We know that the record is there. We know that the information lives on. We know that something of ourselves is out there. It's as romantic and artistic a view of space travel as we are likely to get from scientists. (Unrelated, send poets and artists into space, not just scientists.) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNv2wBuJ7dHBvgqvPvuQMIQGydNFCLk6rcwZ56QOb2O37Mjy6j-OLUkhDf5oKJlw2x6fqB7RzYgVTU1wtom0ZwqCJaqTeB2guBHGbAYrCPhAP8m1dNeUiZMaZYQ9s-vYsNN-psxPR0loHU/s2048/85F534DA-A4E6-40BE-AA6A-350C8C7B5DAB.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNv2wBuJ7dHBvgqvPvuQMIQGydNFCLk6rcwZ56QOb2O37Mjy6j-OLUkhDf5oKJlw2x6fqB7RzYgVTU1wtom0ZwqCJaqTeB2guBHGbAYrCPhAP8m1dNeUiZMaZYQ9s-vYsNN-psxPR0loHU/w480-h640/85F534DA-A4E6-40BE-AA6A-350C8C7B5DAB.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>If Voyager is a message in a bottle what is the back of the HP11C Voyager? Is it a Swiss Army Knife? Is it a message in a bottle?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>
<br />Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-71592479575494018122021-04-20T10:52:00.004-07:002021-04-20T14:25:27.674-07:00Parts from the Future<p>Back in July of 2020 I got a call from Bill Wahl of Mesa Typewriter Exchange to let me know that the IBM Selectric I dropped off was done. There have been a few of these iron giants in my collection from time to time, but this one is the one I keep. While not particularly pretty (Like Teds blue-key beauty), it’s clean and a good size. Sadly, it had developed a bad case of Selectric thumping and was giving me some problem with the ribbon advance mechanism. This one uses the carbon ribbons. Both of these repairs are not in my bailiwick so to Bill it went.</p><p>Bill replaced the cycle clutch pulley gear with a new non-broken one. For anyone who has ever owned a thunking Selectric, you know that it’s a matter of time until this part breaks. Age is the culprit. Time is not kind to the plastic and it becomes brittle. Sometimes you can repair them with epoxy and binding wire, but replacement is the only guaranteed option for trouble-free typing.</p><p>With all the OEM parts used up or aging and cracking on their own, modern manufacturing processes can breath new life into these typewriters. Bill gave me a small tour of the two types of replacement pulleys available today. One is CNC milled aluminum and the other is 3D printed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5UNgKEB9nfeKo4fps5dX5f4L5eS5DN1G3aZsjyZQkeO-aW-E39HSL5jCL3yPYmNNEZmG8gpLvVscBCJAQlvUvJuSQqwUCfqVC-VgrByRMxT2yi986yLdhCavYjldID0Lh87spvX7B6S8/s2048/IMG_1166.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5UNgKEB9nfeKo4fps5dX5f4L5eS5DN1G3aZsjyZQkeO-aW-E39HSL5jCL3yPYmNNEZmG8gpLvVscBCJAQlvUvJuSQqwUCfqVC-VgrByRMxT2yi986yLdhCavYjldID0Lh87spvX7B6S8/w480-h640/IMG_1166.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>In the picture above, you can see the CNC milled aluminum example (top) and the 3D printed one below. The original cracked part is brown. Having used the aluminum parts initially, Bill prefers the 3D printed ones; they are less noisy.</p><p>Both of the replacements pulleys need a donor arbor to mount them properly. The new pulley feels like sintered nylon to me, but it might be another material. Regardless there is a heft to this replacement part that makes it feel like a quality item. With only dozens of these parts in working typewriters the longevity is still an open question, but based on how mine works and sounds I think it works well and if something happens another one can be printed.</p><p>The promise of rapid prototyping and the 3D printing makes it possible to keep our old typewriters running. It only takes someone who knows what they are doing and cares enough about our magical writing machines to help keep them humming along sans thump.</p>Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-56622997700265931682021-04-10T09:28:00.006-07:002021-04-10T09:54:38.508-07:00Wheelwriter WheelsLooking back at the archive for this blog, I don't think this typewriter ever made its way into a post. That's odd because I've had it for a long time and it does get used on occasion. I did post about a typewriter that used the same mechanism, but I was apathetic about it. That Wheelwriter had a host of bells and whistles that made it fun to use. I liked the memory function where you could store several pages of text and have it spit them out on demand. <div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06aT3HIB5fCt6Ru5e3XStGbaeshhji_Df7lDMdFaavXUZncsTCl261SGo-fQ7Q1JPZKYY3yd3yqM7cJwUdRj4ncdijES0lDyUope0IZH9FF4vRnN4vWhDKxa9KoLhbg8gzleQqkEtRhWA/s2048/2CBCC43F-040A-4191-BDD2-F17EC5AFEAFD.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06aT3HIB5fCt6Ru5e3XStGbaeshhji_Df7lDMdFaavXUZncsTCl261SGo-fQ7Q1JPZKYY3yd3yqM7cJwUdRj4ncdijES0lDyUope0IZH9FF4vRnN4vWhDKxa9KoLhbg8gzleQqkEtRhWA/w640-h480/2CBCC43F-040A-4191-BDD2-F17EC5AFEAFD.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This typewriter, however, is much more modest. The Personal Wheelwriter 2 has many of the features of the other Wheelwriters including bulking spring keys, auto centering text, spell check, and interchangeable type wheels. Those typewheels/daisywheels are the subject of this post.<div><br /></div><div>I keep my wheels in a metal drawer on the cart that holds the Wheelwriter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLS3KtXezGK5vkcvIAiX2xPmi0B-mx5XJWdkx9il0fDrSUMFuFyfX8gUJ66i4er-m354BqVtc4drUjlneVv4odAH_-JYxZ1uLVqpX7Hh1YPNTmjYq_YzBHkGrU5aDhOlWeG-nTGIjjDAO/s2048/A1363600-96B3-49FE-922C-5712703E6EA4.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLS3KtXezGK5vkcvIAiX2xPmi0B-mx5XJWdkx9il0fDrSUMFuFyfX8gUJ66i4er-m354BqVtc4drUjlneVv4odAH_-JYxZ1uLVqpX7Hh1YPNTmjYq_YzBHkGrU5aDhOlWeG-nTGIjjDAO/s320/A1363600-96B3-49FE-922C-5712703E6EA4.heic" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7AHz_kavnK_byvSmkB-KvL2X-FeBRx5oeGYNV7sJV-ozx_376od2Sy7g2hQB-6cJCKoBtBtF67s4gzH1tpe5pt2-u1B21bZHdGuy6tjW9e3PYuFoX8dt0DOYozd_IVI1uwn5S3o70f6M5/s2048/4C824DCB-6890-49A9-959E-A53DA790EF8C.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7AHz_kavnK_byvSmkB-KvL2X-FeBRx5oeGYNV7sJV-ozx_376od2Sy7g2hQB-6cJCKoBtBtF67s4gzH1tpe5pt2-u1B21bZHdGuy6tjW9e3PYuFoX8dt0DOYozd_IVI1uwn5S3o70f6M5/s320/4C824DCB-6890-49A9-959E-A53DA790EF8C.heic" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There's some other stuff in there too.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaCIKG3bo44hQy-__YDbG0pdEf_l9gOrdYLyj8C0AU7PCmCOKROF_By6RJ5rZPUn_ag0VieYGdbuKc407XD6TbpKcr1TatmDdDLUJLRuk6n3yQb_uMtSYUVg7qJG9Xd5gk3P6uZqH85s9/s2048/E136E403-5228-4951-93DD-97864FCB0BCD.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaCIKG3bo44hQy-__YDbG0pdEf_l9gOrdYLyj8C0AU7PCmCOKROF_By6RJ5rZPUn_ag0VieYGdbuKc407XD6TbpKcr1TatmDdDLUJLRuk6n3yQb_uMtSYUVg7qJG9Xd5gk3P6uZqH85s9/w640-h480/E136E403-5228-4951-93DD-97864FCB0BCD.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Each wheel has the typeface printed on it along with pitch information. PS wheels are for proportionally spaced Wheelwriters which this one is no. Being made of plastic I don't know how rugged the wheels are, but golf balls for the Selectric are also made of plastic and those last a long time.</div><div><br /></div><div>A cursory look at printwheels on a major online auction site shows many wheels available, but the prices are not what I would be willing to pay. </div><div><br /></div><div>This is my current wheel list with sample type in Rev. Munk format (sans sentence):</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Tp_fyc9VAPBU_GYWyRRwhIppralWa2MDzq13YgywPHYPaVynU4JSJxynyGEskW-e2fnsnYMDdod6eUTOfJ52Q3OTc4cxRVbUx6WqLb6hR5rzE7CBoSP7pH32XlEHURLdybemvFGOipOK/s1246/WW_Wheels+2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Tp_fyc9VAPBU_GYWyRRwhIppralWa2MDzq13YgywPHYPaVynU4JSJxynyGEskW-e2fnsnYMDdod6eUTOfJ52Q3OTc4cxRVbUx6WqLb6hR5rzE7CBoSP7pH32XlEHURLdybemvFGOipOK/s16000/WW_Wheels+2.jpeg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>That Courier 15 is <span style="font-size: xx-small;">tiny</span>!</div><div><br /></div>If you open the hood you see that these typewriters were manufactured by Lexmark for IBM. This is also true for Model M keyboards of the same vintage. The dark history of what happened in Lexington is best saved for another post. <div><br /></div><div>This typewriter was a donation from a secretary (now retired) at Alhambra. Janet was her name and this was her departed mother's typewriter. She was, from what I remember, an active participant in her church and a regular contributor to the Sunday bulletin. Not pictured is a paper support arm that slid into the vented slots in the back. The one that I have is broken and just falls out. It's of limited use anyway.</div><div><br /></div><div>I dust this typewriter off for form-filling. It does the work admirably. I love how you set the margins; just a button press.</div><div><br /></div><div>A great typewriter if you have a stash of ribbons (I am down to my last two).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24KuGgqrzHFmUIAicMfDjv9_V_LIywbvyd0GugF-I5b3BaLmKSLvRW79IAC3qNCIp8trdsQvAlr33JndpK88iBK9NWECnSKSu9C05k7EzAifF-liDRWzPk5vG4SOhRpnTcLz8Tyjpd-TI/s2604/5F856D52-B89E-40D6-A75A-AF245EA0684D.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="2604" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24KuGgqrzHFmUIAicMfDjv9_V_LIywbvyd0GugF-I5b3BaLmKSLvRW79IAC3qNCIp8trdsQvAlr33JndpK88iBK9NWECnSKSu9C05k7EzAifF-liDRWzPk5vG4SOhRpnTcLz8Tyjpd-TI/w640-h296/5F856D52-B89E-40D6-A75A-AF245EA0684D.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div></div>Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-14159993555974700002021-03-10T11:43:00.007-07:002021-03-10T11:51:31.662-07:00Vintage Technolog Book Club: King of the Seven Dwarfs<div style="text-align: left;">The computers that dominate vintage computing are the ones that loomed large in our youth; Apple //, Commodore 64, Timex Sinclair, TI 99/4a. Much like typewriters, these old machines exert a romantic pull. Collectors call these classic computers, but like any technological advancement, the home computers of the late 70s and early 80s represent just a single point in the continuum of computing. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKluEntow1cTnInCzy8d2Fu5RWDSjFNNBsmUZ_cMoVKYNbwlt97FmOCFS5cSRY2nzGdpcxJmqHxoZOK2GORctynPWAecqtmvEADq705bHYx5XBHsDZr13nVZhoT807AjCVNHVJ489tyrn/s142/213GYC5HTRL._BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="142" data-original-width="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKluEntow1cTnInCzy8d2Fu5RWDSjFNNBsmUZ_cMoVKYNbwlt97FmOCFS5cSRY2nzGdpcxJmqHxoZOK2GORctynPWAecqtmvEADq705bHYx5XBHsDZr13nVZhoT807AjCVNHVJ489tyrn/s16000/213GYC5HTRL._BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" /></a></div>The book that I just finished has nothing to do with this classical age of computing, but calls back to an earlier mythical time iron giants. Homer R. Oldfield's <i>King of the Seven Dwarfs</i> chronicles the haphazard and lurching attempt by General Electric to become the number two computer manufacturer and a real source of competition to IBM. Who willingly seeks out second place? GE.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What's up with the Seven Dwarves? It's a reference to IBM (Snow White) and the seven other major computer manufacturers at the time: Burroughs, UNIVAC, NCR, Honeywell, RCA, and General Electric.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy352cEKCHSGxm00Nx_SzrCRIH16LRJMmPTZ2dPtjK9uEWFuXM0UMPnXGyZMw2dWT5XJOtPRDI1B8F0bUA1t3p-RuxtuEl5lTvTVA8we7p6LUzSw1smBbmJsZpFPIHmVsN_0y6mqIVh9-q/s1200/unnamed.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="794" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy352cEKCHSGxm00Nx_SzrCRIH16LRJMmPTZ2dPtjK9uEWFuXM0UMPnXGyZMw2dWT5XJOtPRDI1B8F0bUA1t3p-RuxtuEl5lTvTVA8we7p6LUzSw1smBbmJsZpFPIHmVsN_0y6mqIVh9-q/w133-h200/unnamed.jpg" width="133" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Fig 1.Ralph Cordiner</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the mid 1950s, under the direction of General Electric president Ralph Cordiner, General Electric was the platonic idea of a modern American technology conglomerate. GE's research laboratory had just created artificial diamonds and GE products were everywhere; radios, televisions, kitchen appliances. However, GE was not involved in computers. They made vacuum tubes used in all the great computers of the era, but they were a manufacturing company. IBM was the best computer (and marketing) company in the world. In Cordiner's mind GE would never compete with IBM in the office equipment business.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAAEuFx-oDX3fI4VEQnD_DOpfaL2gnCA8DSAY1fs8Ww5yYFnRVQwHzAjbV_iFKSM0XwtNYo3OB6KmnH6Yamicnehet-cpI_HyRid7u9EmPSisCCBUGPXrcDkPFERVLe0NHEPAwn7pjD71/s375/erma_sri.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="375" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAAEuFx-oDX3fI4VEQnD_DOpfaL2gnCA8DSAY1fs8Ww5yYFnRVQwHzAjbV_iFKSM0XwtNYo3OB6KmnH6Yamicnehet-cpI_HyRid7u9EmPSisCCBUGPXrcDkPFERVLe0NHEPAwn7pjD71/w200-h133/erma_sri.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Fig 2. ERMA</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Oldfield 's book begins the story with his personal involvement in entering a bid for Bank of America's ERMA computer system. The ERMA (Electronic Recording Machine, Accounting) system was developed by Stanford Research Institute for the Bank of America starting in the early 50s as an attempt to modernize and computerize check sorting and account reconciliation. It was a significant project with an equally significant computer attached. 24 separate companies entered bids to build this machine and the contracted 32 identical systems installed in branches of BofA across the country. Oldfield devotes a significant portion of the book to this part of the GE story because the antipathy that Cordiner felt toward business computing made the development of this product a minor miracle.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oldfield recounts this history from his personal experience, but adopts the role of a third person limited narrator. This hackneyed attempt at literary distance is hard to read. Additionally, the dialogue that Oldfield uses to progress the historical account is cliched and sometimes painfully embarassing. The dramatization in dialogue and narration diminishes when Oldfield leaves departs GE. Interestingly, the pulls of his family and especially his wife's mental health, is a compelling secondary plot that would make for an interesting novel set agains the high-technology of the sun-belt.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What Oldfield lacks in literary skill, he more than makes up for with content. The depth of knowledge is significant and the book drives into the personalities and decisions that caused GE to become a computer history also-ran. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My fascination with this book comes from the local color. GE, early on, decided to place the headquarters for the Computer Department in Phoenix. In 1956 computer experts and hopefuls crossed the nation to arrive in Phoenix. GE's investment in computers in Arizona was significant and made no lasting impact on the landscape of this city. You would think that the only early competitor to IBM would merit some historical remembrance. The manner of GE's entry and abrupt exit of the computer market (being sold to Bull in 1970) turned the GE office parks scattered across the valley into Honeywells and Bulls.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A post like this wouldn't be complete without a few artifacts that I have been able to scrounge up. Being the spiritual home of the GE Computer Department, you might still find hints and faded references to the company. One such example is this token form the 1961 Computer Department National Sales Meeting held at the <a href="http://hotelvalleyhoblog.com/the-mystery-of-the-superstition-ho-hotel/">Superstition Ho</a> in Apache Junction. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlyG0dozUH8nYDEGRUc8wpEUB4s_c3dtLodC43C-Q8P1faOgdPsb2kaXiEuowY5MOG7V5xBM15Hp8FEd7XCd8dAU2WKIbxU5EwJkKyWb36TlMhCrmiFnIeh_vJ13c_AQ1_gg2XGayySxFL/s1280/IMG_8773.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlyG0dozUH8nYDEGRUc8wpEUB4s_c3dtLodC43C-Q8P1faOgdPsb2kaXiEuowY5MOG7V5xBM15Hp8FEd7XCd8dAU2WKIbxU5EwJkKyWb36TlMhCrmiFnIeh_vJ13c_AQ1_gg2XGayySxFL/w640-h426/IMG_8773.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The event is surprisingly <a href="https://www.smecc.org/frontiers_of_progress_-_1961_sales_meeting.htm">well-documented</a> including pictures and a special opening by <a href="https://www.smecc.org/frontiers_of_progress_-_1961_sales_meeting.htm#reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> and a lovely set of <a href="https://www.smecc.org/a_portrait_of_the_ge_computer_department.htm">yearbook-style photos of the entire Computer Department </a>(including the <a href="https://www.smecc.org/general_electric_computer/wpe9.gif">father of director Steven Spielberg</a>).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The last object is perhaps my favorite:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7I80u8oaVhhZOa7JeulOAKY5-p-ZWNnPwu39Pxj-yqx8AkL6HVkIgYhfsU2LX_eUbXjTsiFNnxyi78UY4zg2CQI4RITGJkxStIKCusHePruixgIJZyT17cTIGsjiKAlXKuCUtgxpwvubs/s2048/IMG_8766.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7I80u8oaVhhZOa7JeulOAKY5-p-ZWNnPwu39Pxj-yqx8AkL6HVkIgYhfsU2LX_eUbXjTsiFNnxyi78UY4zg2CQI4RITGJkxStIKCusHePruixgIJZyT17cTIGsjiKAlXKuCUtgxpwvubs/w640-h426/IMG_8766.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzv6g41Vgg1zub819kWW6-eQNXxHQcosTUAPHcgZLNaiCM7aT7I_ZCe3R7aFE3903470pvxllYD4WhMDW7jWqAiROjwviMIL94s8y8XhQUK3jR4d1qoCNmeEEWlZDieyoJg2nO0hiUwMyz/s2048/IMG_8764.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzv6g41Vgg1zub819kWW6-eQNXxHQcosTUAPHcgZLNaiCM7aT7I_ZCe3R7aFE3903470pvxllYD4WhMDW7jWqAiROjwviMIL94s8y8XhQUK3jR4d1qoCNmeEEWlZDieyoJg2nO0hiUwMyz/w640-h426/IMG_8764.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />I can imagine that on the last day of work Kathy (The name written in sharpie on the bottom) decided to slip this three-hole punch into her box of belongings and left GE for good. Was it in the 1970s when GE Phoenix was taken over by Bull? Was it her favorite three-hole punch? Why the orange? Can you believe this isn't the first one of these I've seen around here?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the end, I do not regret reading this book. There aren't many of these primary source documents left in the world of early computing history especially about a company that failed so spectacularly. However, this story hardly ends there. There's Datanet and Dartmouth and Basic and Multics and Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie and Unix and...</div>Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-78164746411912709532020-11-18T14:37:00.003-07:002020-11-18T14:37:57.802-07:00Blue Chance<div>Accident. Fluke. Good luck. Fortuity. Providence.</div><div><br /></div>It has been a long time since I've added a new typewriter to this collection. I've been operating based on a one-out-one-in system. Very recently a friend was visiting a thrift store (in a lull between Covid-19 waves) and found this blue beauty:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8SS4IY_tk4ymiSZt1yptEvcAt0uWL-LVArXg4pOxbiaOulOjeDpaeXTL7Bkdn3fl5EMZzWGgpgxWYQbg9cRGpHTylT_vOG9Ob_lgakGKtm7NuzJEQKNCrfqx1Hpwx0XFF57dVRqE76h7/s2048/IMG_2429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8SS4IY_tk4ymiSZt1yptEvcAt0uWL-LVArXg4pOxbiaOulOjeDpaeXTL7Bkdn3fl5EMZzWGgpgxWYQbg9cRGpHTylT_vOG9Ob_lgakGKtm7NuzJEQKNCrfqx1Hpwx0XFF57dVRqE76h7/w640-h480/IMG_2429.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">$25. Are there even typewriter deals like that left?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikK6BXEneFn0UatVEHtrM4L0UgU7NGTLsIhqbxC_OVzg7649zq1tJJWF89UqUTH_Nw71JoIZIsbZx3o0FZOKq42R1XisquXW_X5CSOBPsBKEssK9Kih0RcZtaQwh3-c6ybxtE25XIQmZNd/s2048/IMG_1484.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikK6BXEneFn0UatVEHtrM4L0UgU7NGTLsIhqbxC_OVzg7649zq1tJJWF89UqUTH_Nw71JoIZIsbZx3o0FZOKq42R1XisquXW_X5CSOBPsBKEssK9Kih0RcZtaQwh3-c6ybxtE25XIQmZNd/w640-h480/IMG_1484.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I've been looking for a 50s smooth colored Royal for a long time. You have your pinks and reds. Those are very popular, but there is something <i>Western </i>in this color. I think of broad, open skies on a sunny Arizona day. I see the color of turquoise jewelry. I see the subtle blue in the hazy far away mountains. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbX5CzJ3TQtnV5wNk_eDh7IGvCDc3IVuD4HFJWjL58fWt9Zh-7nUxJrLx760ImkqE1oDZe_FUzYG5ZpUu-7cEjtgupPGXeKGfkq3_mWpzB1L9wF1a4AZEyQMQ9IFV1iy3mXwXeoTUngvq/s2048/IMG_1486.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbX5CzJ3TQtnV5wNk_eDh7IGvCDc3IVuD4HFJWjL58fWt9Zh-7nUxJrLx760ImkqE1oDZe_FUzYG5ZpUu-7cEjtgupPGXeKGfkq3_mWpzB1L9wF1a4AZEyQMQ9IFV1iy3mXwXeoTUngvq/w640-h480/IMG_1486.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is uncleaned and in original condition. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirFwXkZlrvY5Yum3e7HmEqF_r1dIdCAjLLJTmXm_GenIJEH_eiHm-LMPHPyNGml_uatX-uUJUgKztr1JAcduC_h86pVGVLQgGYmLEwHGvXVhcWED82SmTcwYLilUOGXRqALbR3Q-sOXdd/s2048/IMG_4368.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirFwXkZlrvY5Yum3e7HmEqF_r1dIdCAjLLJTmXm_GenIJEH_eiHm-LMPHPyNGml_uatX-uUJUgKztr1JAcduC_h86pVGVLQgGYmLEwHGvXVhcWED82SmTcwYLilUOGXRqALbR3Q-sOXdd/w640-h480/IMG_4368.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Every typewriter collector--every collector--has those rare moments where all the stars align and you find that special <i>thing.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1VHQfzZNcWLS41gyeE3bDSt31m8Y_Kt0_p8SskhHfOyqby03qggZW87M0ICpfpvKIYwrNh34N2IiniBHvtSD1OPpAPQcs0m35Q0trX2tiomQrIKBUo2CjOFomzQlwrQXmlsAURkuXBtL/s2048/IMG_4931.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1VHQfzZNcWLS41gyeE3bDSt31m8Y_Kt0_p8SskhHfOyqby03qggZW87M0ICpfpvKIYwrNh34N2IiniBHvtSD1OPpAPQcs0m35Q0trX2tiomQrIKBUo2CjOFomzQlwrQXmlsAURkuXBtL/w640-h480/IMG_4931.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Collecting is as much serendipity as it is sagacity. </div>Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-35670231661053626202020-04-18T21:14:00.002-07:002020-04-18T21:14:45.484-07:00Elsi Mate EL-8048 Soro-calSo I am sure that you always wondered if there was a calculator that combined both a calculator and a Japanese abacus called a soroban? 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It's a strange chimera, but this calculator was made for a short time and exclusively for the Japanese market from the late 1970s to early 1980s. The legend states that some Japanese calculator users would check answers from digital calculators on a soroban.<br />
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Multiplication on a soroban can be difficult and a calculator might be a nice addition.<br />
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This particular model, the Elsi Mate EL-8048, was released in January of 1979. There were just four models in the total line; EL-8148 (19 beads), the EL-808, the EL-428, and the EL-429 (solar). The EL-8048 is my favorite because of the pencil-holder.<br />
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The calculator part is not particularly accurate. It fails a one-divide-by-nine-multiply-by-nine test with an answer of 0.9999999. An accurate calculator would return a one. The soroban part is incredibly accurate.<br />
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This example is in good shape. The bottom is a little scratched.<br />
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Is that serial number right? 147? Also is this an abacus with a calculator or a calculator with an abacus. Sharp is drawing a line in the sand with this information badge.<br />
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This is the type of object that I love. It comes from a strange liminal time when one way of thinking was trying to exist with another way of thinking. Isn't it a charming thing?Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-62032507446917576152020-03-14T21:43:00.000-07:002020-03-14T21:43:25.427-07:00Royal's ComputerRoyal is one of my favorite typewriter brands. I have all the greats; No. 10, HH, FP, tons of portables. They may not be the prettiest typewriters, but they are very numerous. Did you know that Royal also dipped their toes into computer technology? It's true, but the world of office typewriters and data technology is was not too much of a departure for the largest typewriter company ever. The story is long and complicated and I hope to share some things I learned about this computer.<br />
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The Beginning</h3>
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Not surprisingly, Royal didn't make this typewriter computer themselves. Dr. Stan Frankel working for Librascope of Glendale, CA designed the computer. Librascope manufactured it and presented it at the Automation Show and Computer Clinic show in Chicago.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul Kane, in the story to the right , looks like he is not enjoying the Holiday activities.</td></tr>
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I can only imagine that Royal sent their VP of R&D (E. H. Dreher) and Senior Project Engineer (I. S. Lerner) to the show with the mission of finding a computer for Royal McBee. They saw this computer from a small engineering outfit owned by a large defense contractor and designed by a little-known computer pioneer. The negotiations are lost to history, but in the end Royal McBee made a move that secured the LGP-30 as a part of the Royal product line.<br />
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General Precision and Royal would form a new company called Royal Precision and General Precision's Librascope subsidiary would make the computers. (I want to say that Royal Precision is the best name for a computer company ever devised by the mind of man.) Royal would handle the marketing and sales and develop peripherals for the computer. GPE/Librascope would make the computers and create software. Having recently acquired the Robotyper, Royal had some interesting technology and patents to work with sop peripherals made sense. In addition, Royal had hundreds of sales offices and a sales force that was experienced in getting machines into business settings.<br />
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Royal McBee transferred Librascope application engineers to their payroll and started training people how to code for the new computer.<br />
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One of the Application Engineers (and programming school instructors) was a man called Mel Kaye who would later go down in computer computer folklore in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Mel" target="_blank">The Story of Mel</a>.</div>
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The Machine</h3>
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Royal's computer by the standards of the time was better than a desk calculator, but not as good as some of the big iron starting to become available. It was a small (desk-sized) general purpose 32-bit (sort-of) word binary computer.<br />
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As with all old computers, the specifications are amazingly meager:<br />
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<tr><td>Type:</td><td>General purpose, electronic, digital, single address, fixed binary point, fractional, stored program</td></tr>
<tr><td>Number Base:</td><td>2 (binary)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Word Length:</td><td>9 decimal digits plus sign (30 binary bits plus sign bit and spacer bit)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mode of Operation:</td><td>Serial (<i>Settle in with a cup of tea!</i>)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Memory:</td><td>Magnetic drum, 4096 words, 3 one word recalculating registers.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Clock Frequency:</td><td>120 KC (0.00012 GHz <i>is my math correct?)</i></td></tr>
<tr><td>Access Time:</td><td>2 ms. minimum, 17 ms. maximum</td></tr>
<tr><td>Transfer Time:</td><td>1 ms. minimum, 17 ms. maximum</td></tr>
<tr><td>Addition Time:</td><td>.26 ms. excluding access time</td></tr>
<tr><td>Multiplication or Division Time:</td><td>17 ms. excluding access time</td></tr>
<tr><td>Input-Output:</td><td>Paper tape or electric typewriter</td></tr>
<tr><td>Size:</td><td>Depth - 26", Length - 44", Height - 33"</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight Uncrated:</td><td>740 lbs</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cooling System:</td><td>Internal forced air blower</td></tr>
<tr><td>Heat Dissipation:</td><td>5000 B.T.U. /hr.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Power Requirement:</td><td>115-volt, 60-cycle, single phase, 13 ampere alternating current</td></tr>
<tr><td>Number of Tubes:</td><td>113</td></tr>
<tr><td>Number of Diodes:</td><td>1350</td></tr>
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These specifications come from the <a href="http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/lgp-30-man.html" target="_blank">LGP-30 Programming Manual</a>.<br />
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To save money on memory, this computer used a magnetic drum for RAM. It's akin to using your disk for swap, but in this case it was all swap!<br />
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Magnetic drum memory was slow, but with optimization the Librascope boffins were able to get the latency down from 17(microseconds) to 2 microseconds through the careful arrangement of data on the drum. We are all very spoiled with our fast computers, but 2ms seems pretty fast to me. On another note, I don't know what that drum sounded like spinning at 3700 rpm, but I bet it was loud. </div>
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For input/output Librascope used a Friden Flexowriter. I think the overall aesthetics would have been helped with a Royal, but the Flexowriter was common terminal for early computers.<br />
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It wasn't much in the way of a computer, but for many colleges and engineering firms it offered the possibility of owning a computer versus renting one from IBM. IBM had notoriously strict lease agreements that would charge a user for anything outside the lease agreement. Big IBMs had panel meters that counted the number of hours in operation. In other words, if you leased a computer for 8 hours a day, any use beyond that 8 hours would incur a fee. Sure, IBM was the name in computers, but cost can definitely be a motivator. In the end, over 500 of these computers were sold.<br />
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In this post, I only scratched the surface of this old Royal computer. There is folklore (as mentioned earlier), emulation, and restoration and I plan on taking a deeper dive into this amazing piece of computer history.
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In the very early 90s, getting online was an expensive prospect for my lower-income family. We couldn't afford Compuserve or Prodigy. Instead, a friend of mine turned me onto a local Freenet called AzTec hosted at ASU. It was a free service where you could dial up to their bank of 2400 baud modems and connect with other computer users.<br />
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There was the regular BBS-type stuff on there. Clubs, organizations, and meetings were discussed in community bulletin boards. You had email through Pine or something else. I remember that my email address was tryanpa@aztec.asu.edu -- just typing that takes me back! There was one way to go father afield than our local community; Lynx.<br />
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Lynx, of course, is a text-based web browser. I still use it to this day. It's a great tool to have and a fun way to make even the oldest computer part of the internet experience. Being text-based it worked better 20 years ago. Modern CCS and graphic-heavy web pages are notoriously text-limited and make for a poor experience in text-only mode. Interestingly, typecasts are not readable in Lynx. This effectively keeps the prying eyes of Big Brother at bay. (We may want to revisit this for those who are visually impaired.) It's one of the best browsers out there. In addition to being a powerful web browser, it also is a pretty good Gopher client.<br />
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Gopher is a unique way to access text on the internet. I think there is a charm about it. It's simple to understand. Most human-readable content is text (although you can use images). The file-folder concept is a departure from the web's interconnected threads. It feels like those early days of computers.<br />
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With this memory, I decided to set up my own Gopher hole. I read a few tutorials and decided to use Pygopherd on a Raspberry Pi. I used a popular dynamic DNS service to reroute the traffic to a subdomain of Magic Margin and within a few hours I had a Gopher server running next to my tiki mug collection.<br />
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If you have Lynx or another Gopher tool, you can check out the link at:<br />
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There's not much there, but what is there is just for Gopher. It's Gopher premium content!</div>
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Is anyone out there interested in an Arizona version of a vintage computer festival? There are some old machines that are getting so old, they might hold as much interest in the popular mind as typewriters. If you are interested or keen in being involved in this kind of project (Vintage Computer Round-Up?) let me know in the form below.<br />
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but these bits of "advice" from Royal certainly clang today. My favorite is the unabashed pleasure she is expected to show at the ringing of a margin bell. </div>
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<br />Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-52649667463243225032019-12-31T14:28:00.000-07:002019-12-31T14:35:59.129-07:00Thrifting Finds 2019On this day, the last of 2019, I wanted to share some fun finds from my most recent thrifting adventure.<br />
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My friend Tim and I hit the Sun City thrift stores. If you have never spent any time in Sun City, you are missing one of the most bizarre places on earth. Sun City is where every day feels exactly like 2:00pm on a Sunday at your grandmother's house; time moves with all the speed of molasses. It is packed with people, but you never see them. The only suggestion of life is the maniacal whizzing of golf carts on city streets and the white and blue blur of the snowbirds.<br />
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While Sun City gives me the feeling that I am sinking slowly to the bottom of a plastic-covered sofa, the thrift stores where very generous to me.<br />
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The first item is this very nice Jorgensen clamp. $3.00<br />
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It's a clamp. I don't know what else to say. It is large. Largeness is a useful attribute to have in clamps. This is a No. 2. <a href="https://ponyjorgensen.com/products/specialty-clamps/" target="_blank">You can get them new for about $30.00</a></div>
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Next, is a nice VFD combination printing adding machine and advanced 4-function calculator. I got it because they keys are wonderful to press. It works. $5.00</div>
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I cannot resist American-made wall clocks. This is a Seth Thomas Manager 12 (plug-in). $6.00</div>
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The plastic dome is scuffed and scratched, but I can polish that out pretty easily. The brown surround is made of metal and it has a sweep hand. Nice clock for just a little money.</div>
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Finally, there is this nice little 13" IBM correcting Selectric II in white. $14.00<br />
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<br />Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-44604973227388627972019-12-19T20:58:00.001-07:002019-12-19T20:58:38.602-07:00IBM 5291 Keyboard USB ModTypewriters are wonderful, distraction-free writing tools. Actually, I don't really believe that. Typewriters are a feast for the senses; the smell, sound, and tactile feel are all part of the magic that is part of non-digital writing. Some very sick people even love the gentle hum of a Selectric's motor. Instead of being distraction-free they are right-distraction devices. The things that draw our attention are all in service to the visceral feel of pure communication.<br />
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Even so, we are called on to engage with digital devices. It's a cruel reality of a "modern" world. I don't like typing on a computer, but when I do, I always use mechanical keyboards. You know the kind; clicky, tactile, loud, and ancient. My daily typer is a 1987 IBM Model M. It's a nice keyboard. If you'e never had the chance to use one of these keyboards, you are missing out. On a tuned specimen, nothing compares. If you've used an IBM Wheelwriter before, you have used this type of keyboard.<br />
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The Model M's cult following is well documented. There are people who will wax philosophical on the feeling and sound of the buckling spring keyboard. There are actually YouTube videos on the subject, but that is hardly a sigil of eccentricity.<br />
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Connoisseurs will tell you that the predecessor to the Model M, the <a href="https://deskthority.net/wiki/IBM_Model_F#IBM_5291_Keyboard" target="_blank">Model F</a>, is even more refined. It's as close to the <i>urkeyboard </i>as you can get (barring beamsprings). This is what I wanted to share with you today.<br />
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Bigfoot is what some collectors call this. It is big and heavy. It types beautifully.<br />
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I recently completed a USB conversion for this IMB 5291 Terminal keyboard. Most people would think that Soarer's Converter would be the way to go. However, Soarer's is closed-source. It's not being actively maintained. There is also the sudden and strange disappearance of Soarer from the keyboard enthusiast's bulletin boards. These three things prompted me to look elsewhere for firmware. I decided on <a href="https://qmk.fm/" target="_blank">QMK Firmware</a>. It ticked all the boxes; Atmel support, open-source, current updates, large user-base.<br />
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Wiring up the converter was fairly easy. I used a Teensy 2.0 to upload the firmware from the QMK online builder. You can customize, compile, and download all from within a web browser.<br />
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Just a little debugging and I was able to start using it on my home computer. I just completed grades using this keyboard and it was so nice to finally use it. As I use it more, I might just make it a permanent daily typer. The sound and feel of this keyboard are a perfect right-distraction.<br />
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<br />Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-77063125654597590622019-12-12T13:55:00.001-07:002019-12-12T13:55:50.933-07:00Rocketeer KeyboardI am not one for free buzz marketing on my own blog, but I was perusing through the Massdrop site (looking for keytops) and I found this keyboard that is intended to mimic the style of a <a href="https://massdrop-s3.imgix.net/product-images/massdrop-x-zslane-mercury-rocketeer-mechanical-keyboard/FP/sgyeeoeSlyZcgNUh4muA_CB5A2865-copy.jpg?auto=format&fm=jpg&fit=crop&w=1080&bg=f0f0f0&dpr=2&q=35" target="_blank">Hermes Rocket. </a><br />
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The keytops are double-shot plastic (yum) and it's a pretty nice looking thing. Just thought I would share.<br />
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Check out on the Massdrop website: <a href="https://massdrop-s3.imgix.net/product-images/massdrop-x-zslane-mercury-rocketeer-mechanical-keyboard/FP/sgyeeoeSlyZcgNUh4muA_CB5A2865-copy.jpg?auto=format&fm=jpg&fit=crop&w=1080&bg=f0f0f0&dpr=2&q=35">https://massdrop-s3.imgix.net/product-images/massdrop-x-zslane-mercury-rocketeer-mechanical-keyboard/FP/sgyeeoeSlyZcgNUh4muA_CB5A2865-copy.jpg?auto=format&fm=jpg&fit=crop&w=1080&bg=f0f0f0&dpr=2&q=35</a>Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-1709236119073324052019-06-23T19:29:00.001-07:002019-06-23T19:29:23.629-07:00Happy Typewriter Day 2019!<div style="text-align: center;">
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As the sun sets on your day of celebration, raise up a typewriter to the memory of Christopher Latham Sholes. Be careful not to drop your typewriter. They are heavy.</div>
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<br />Ryan Adneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085820491976597503.post-62164739396633440252019-02-12T15:57:00.003-07:002019-11-25T12:53:55.119-07:00Classic Argus C3 Film Advance ModWhile it's not <i>really</i> a mod it's definitely a useful addition to this classic brick.<br />
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It's a classic.<br />
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It's also designed to be simple, reliable, and useful.<br />
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Not a single curve to be found.<br />
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I think it's a great camera, but the ergonomics of the film advance knob leave little to be desired. Winding the knob is not an easy thumb-only affair. That is, until I got on Tinkercad and made this little accessory.<br />
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I 3D printed this object and it was a terrible idea. Thick. Clunky. An overabundance of plastic. I went back to the drawing board. This was the result:</div>
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The design was better. It used less plastic, but it wasn't easy to use. The thumb-indentations were too shallow to operate with one hand. Back, again, to the drawing board.</div>
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I made the thumb-indentations deeper. Really, it's just a six-sided gear, but it works. I printed it and this is how it turned out:<br />
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The six depressions make turning the knob quite easy when the camera is up to your eye. You can quickly release the film advance button and turn the knob.<br />
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Here's a link to the STL if you want to 3D print your own. The process of making this little accessory made me think about the continuing possibility of a digital parts warehouse for typewriters. Need a key-cap? Print one!<br />
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