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Subject: Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs
From: Mike Durling <durling@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 21:15:28 -0400
References: <OFB161BA55.DA67B1BD-ON86256D88.0062EEC9-86256D88.0062FA86@rockwellcollins.com> <011b01c36748$e5767dc0$6401a8c0@Jack>

Do you realize that the Leica M predates some of those things?

Mike D

Jack McLain wrote:
> also AM portable radios , football helmets without face shields, 45rpm
> records, roll film, and cars with fins
> Jack McLain
> Tucson, AZ
> http://jackmclain-photography.dotcommunity.net
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <grduprey@rockwellcollins.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs
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>>Yup!  Shore Do.
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>>                      Seth Rosner
>>                      <sethrosner@direcway.com>           To:
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> leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
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>>                      Sent by:                            cc:
>>                      owner-leica-users@mejac.palo        Subject:  Re:
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> [Leica] My kind of digital M camera - Ye Olde Time Macs
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>>                      -alto.ca.us
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>>                      08/20/2003 11:08 AM
>>                      Please respond to
>>                      leica-users
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>>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
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>>
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>>>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
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>>>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.
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>>>>>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
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>>press
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>>>>releases come via the internet.
>>>>
>>>>sl
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