Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs
From: Seth Rosner <sethrosner@direcway.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:08:29 -0400
References: <BB68FD2D.3258%steve@streetphoto.net> <008801c3672e$c365efa0$0b01a8c0@actv.ne.jp>

You guys are killing me. Does anyone remember mimeograph machines? Blue
fingers? Telephones with rotary dials? Transcontinental passenger trains?
Electric light bulbs? Horse as a mode of transport? ;-) luv it.

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert VanLane" <robert@actv.ne.jp>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs


> I remember getting the releases on the Telex (wow , those machines were
> loud). I also remember setting type by hand and using the wax to layout
the
> columns.
> But it certainly doesn't feel like a long time ago though.
> I think my CL was new and hadn't been dropped in the lake yet.
> My 2 M3's were already abused as they were off-duty from the news room.
>
>
> Robert VanLane
>
> > > I used one of those to connect to the internet for the first time. I
> > > seem to remember it took me two or three days to install the software
> > > and make my first connection (using Telnet)... eventually managed to
> > > connect to the Library of Congress... I was astounded. I called
> > > everyone in the office over to look. It was as if we had contacted
Mars.
> > >
> > > That was less than 10 years ago.
> > >
> >
> > ...that is funny, because it was only about 10 years ago that I was
> getting
> > used to receiving press releases via the FAX machine. Now 90% of my
press
> > releases come via the internet.
> >
> > sl
> >
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In reply to: Message from Steve LeHuray <steve@streetphoto.net> (Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs)
Message from "Robert VanLane" <robert@actv.ne.jp> (Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs)