Re: DBUG> OLD STYLE DRAFTING -AND FLOATING POINT ERRORS and the goodold days.

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In a message dated 6/20/99 9:31:50 AM Central Daylight Time, 
korshak@netcomuk.co.uk writes:

<< I remember it too. I experienced some high tech updates, moving from 
pencils
 to lead holders... and then the wonders of an electric lead pointer. I also
 fondly remember all the things that could and would go wrong with
 Rapidographs.  Mine would always be trouble free until there was a deadline,
 but at least back then, I didn't have to worry about my dongle. I once spent
 several weeks programming an HP scientific calculator to do feet and inches
 calculations that were accurate to about a foot.
 
 Harry Korshak AIA >>

Ah, Rapidographs!  When I was in highschool (early 70s) my mom worked for the 
drafting division of a large government facility.  Everything they did was 
with ruling pens on blue linen.  That stodgy old dept. almolst fell flat when 
all the departments which had to rely on them began using PC based drafting 
and desktop publishing.

One of my first investments when starting my firm was a sonic cleaner for 
rapidographs.  Once we bought our first pen plotter, its use fell off.  Now 
we have ink jets, and the sonic cleaner now takes care of my wife's rings 
after a day of gardening.

Paul
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