Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Len.. I followed you by a a year,,,,, My experience was on a IBM ( small) > mainframe, and a Pdp 8-1. Toggle switches, teletype for making paper tape, > punch cards, and all. > > While it was possible to rent time on a Mainframe( really more likely a > mini), it was highly unusual, time consuming, and usually computers were > not > used as engineering tools in the 60's. At least not for commercial jobs. > And in Germany? Less likely, yet. > > If the Nocti came out in 1966, it would have been engineered before that, > maybe by 2-4 years. Making the proposed Engineering date, 1964 - 1962. > Way > too early..... > > Nope, done with slide rules, long division, and multiplication.....by hand. > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > The Canadian design team I'd think. Not the German. Mark William Rabiner markrabiner.com