🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: alt.folklore.computers
Article #620630

Re: DEC's 60th anniversary?

#620630
From: JimP
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 18:35
29 lines
2548 bytes
On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 15:55:08 -0700, Peter Flass
<peter...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>"ca...@ieee.org <Peter Capek> wrote:
>> On Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 1:56:44 PM UTC-5, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
>> 
>>> Anybody here worked in the Maynard Woollen mill
>>> that features in some of the PDP8 small computer
>>> handbooks?
>> 
>> I didn't work there, but I did visit a friend once who did.  Not sure
>> what year, but I do recall seeing
>> a wave-solder machine placed directly beneath a large glob (several cubic
>> feet in volume) of lanolin which had accreted from processing on the
>> floor above, and was hanging from the ceiling.  Recall that the building
>> had produced blankets for the Civil War.  I wish I'd had a camera with me.
>> 
>> I was in the neighborhood a few months ago and decided to drive by.  The
>> building is still standing and
>> looks very nice.  It's partly rented out to a few businesses including a
>> brewery.   But I think most of it
>> is empty.   Now I have a few pictures, but no good way to show them to you.
>> 
>
>Flickr, or similar photo sharing site. Probably a lot of people would be
>interested.

I have found imgur.com to be good. Some of the older photo share sites
now want payment for linking to show people off site the uploads.
Technical Details
Message-ID: <pd069d5ph0dput8oui33kp6thtgtnlj724@4ax.com>
Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!o9ni8329qte.1!nntp.google.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!spln!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!news1
References: <p5nf9b$sf7$1@dont-email.me> <5a09efb5-0bc7-4e47-9b53-cb122b1229fb@googlegroups.com> <466183697.541205586.389385.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Received: by 10.55.181.129 with SMTP id e123mr6094695qkf.6.1519583790158;        Sun, 25 Feb 2018 10:36:30 -0800 (PST)
X-BeenThere: alt.folklore.computers@googlegroups.com
Received: by 10.200.83.2 with SMTP id t2ls2366121qtn.1.gmail; Sun, 25 Feb 2018 10:36:28 -0800 (PST)
X-Received: by 10.200.9.110 with SMTP id z43mr6370178qth.61.1519583788195;        Sun, 25 Feb 2018 10:36:28 -0800 (PST)
Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!o9ni8329qte.1!nntp.google.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!spln!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!news1
From: JimP <solo...@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: DEC's 60th anniversary?
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 12:35:28 -0600
Organization: NewsGuy.com
Lines: 29
Message-ID: <pd069d5ph0dput8oui33kp6thtgtnlj724@4ax.com>
References: <p5nf9b$sf7$1@dont-email.me> <5a09efb5-0bc7-4e47-9b53-cb122b1229fb@googlegroups.com> <466183697.541205586.389385.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org>
NNTP-Posting-Host: p2339cb8a9c5884170333a4d97cb5319df87aea89b8c89c20.newsdawg.com
Mime-Version: 1.0
User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272
X-Received-Bytes: 2065
X-Received-Body-CRC: 4019458363
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit