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Re: Clocks (was Re: Grace Hopper, was Re: Myth in relay! Urban moth?)

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From: shou... Mark E. Shoulson
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1990 22:06
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In article <11...@ucsd.Edu> g...@ucsd.edu (Gerard K. Newman) writes:
>In article <77...@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> John R. Mudd <j...@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes:
>>
>>She also mentioned the clock she had in her office.  It ran counter-clock-
>>wise.  Her premise was that it was just a clock, it didn't matter which
>>direction the hands turned, it simply had to tell time.  I've been meaning
>>to fix a clock to do this someday.
>
>I have a lootkcolc for a sun-3 which is a clocktool whose hands run "backwards".


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.

~mark
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Mark Shoulson:  shou...@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu   shoulson@cunixc.bitnet
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From: shou...@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Mark E. Shoulson)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Clocks (was Re: Grace Hopper, was Re: Myth in relay! Urban moth?)
Message-ID: <1990Feb16.220643.9078@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 16 Feb 90 22:06:43 GMT
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