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: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:30:32 -0700
References: <OFB161BA55.DA67B1BD-ON86256D88.0062EEC9-86256D88.0062FA86@rockwellcollins.com>

Seth

Rotary dial phones?   My first phone here in La Jolla had no dial at
all.  All calls were made through the operator.

Jerry

grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote:

> Yup!  Shore Do.
>
>
>                       Seth Rosner
>                       <sethrosner@direcway.com>           To:       leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>                       Sent by:                            cc:
>                       owner-leica-users@mejac.palo        Subject:  Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs
>                       -alto.ca.us
>
>
>                       08/20/2003 11:08 AM
>                       Please respond to
>                       leica-users
>
>
>
> You guys are killing me. Does anyone remember mimeograph machines? Blue
> fingers? Telephones with rotary dials? Transcontinental passenger trains?
> Electric light bulbs? Horse as a mode of transport? ;-) luv it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert VanLane" <robert@actv.ne.jp>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs
>
> > I remember getting the releases on the Telex (wow , those machines were
> > loud). I also remember setting type by hand and using the wax to layout
> the
> > columns.
> > But it certainly doesn't feel like a long time ago though.
> > I think my CL was new and hadn't been dropped in the lake yet.
> > My 2 M3's were already abused as they were off-duty from the news room.
> >
> >
> > Robert VanLane
> >
> > > > I used one of those to connect to the internet for the first time. I
> > > > seem to remember it took me two or three days to install the software
> > > > and make my first connection (using Telnet)... eventually managed to
> > > > connect to the Library of Congress... I was astounded. I called
> > > > everyone in the office over to look. It was as if we had contacted
> Mars.
> > > >
> > > > That was less than 10 years ago.
> > > >
> > >
> > > ...that is funny, because it was only about 10 years ago that I was
> > getting
> > > used to receiving press releases via the FAX machine. Now 90% of my
> press
> > > releases come via the internet.
> > >
> > > sl
> > >
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Replies: Reply from Seth Rosner <sethrosner@direcway.com> (Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs)
In reply to: Message from grduprey@rockwellcollins.com (Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs)