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Article #1317Re: Clocks (was Re: Grace Hopper, was Re: Myth in relay! Urban moth?)
From: Edward Greenberg
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1990 19:35
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1990 19:35
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In article <1990Feb16....@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> shou...@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Mark E. Shoulson) writes: >In article <11...@ucsd.Edu> g...@ucsd.edu (Gerard K. Newman) writes: >Yep, I've got an actual, physical, "counter-clock" which keeps fairly good >time in the other direction hanging on my wall. Takes getting used to. >Unfortunately, all the numbers are written on it counterclockwise and in >mirror image, making it kinda obvious. Very cool. If you want, I can get >anyone who wants the address of the mail-order place I got it from. > When I worked at MicroPro, We had one of these in the room where the programmers of WordStar 2000 were quartered. This may explain the curious lack of success of that program. :-) :-) -- Ed Greenberg +1 415-694-2952 (day) uunet!apple!netcom!edg e...@cso.3mail.3com.com 76703,1070 on CompuServe
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Subject: Re: Clocks (was Re: Grace Hopper, was Re: Myth in relay! Urban moth?)
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Date: 19 Feb 90 19:35:31 GMT
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