7 May
2024
7 May
'24
4:45 p.m.
Hello all,
I have a Recordak Magnaprint microfiche printer/reader. It appears to be in
decent cosmetic condition but I am not sure if it works or if it is
complete. This thing used photosensitized paper and some kind of developer
to make positive copies of microfiche reels or sheets.
https://archive.org/details/TNM_Recordak_Magnaprint_Reader_microfilm_reader…
I don't have space to keep this thing, but I would like to save it from
being scrapped if possible. Free for pickup near Buffalo, NY. Contact me if
interested!
Don
8 May
8 May
12:14 a.m.
SMECC had similar but never got much microfilm so were sent to historical society to
use on Reels of news paper microfilm. Heh cleared a bit counter space 30 years
ago!---'the liquid was same as the old wet type copiers used. Is this pr the paper
media available still? Not sure... but not many exist anymore.The one in that brochure
is the classic model and that brand is an innovator.
Ours was a generic looking thing and no where classy as the brochure model. And that
company was THE innovator I think of that tech
YEA FIND SOME WHERE TO SAVE IT!
Ed# SMECC
Sent from AOL on Android
On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 1:46 PM, Don via cctalk<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hello all,
I have a Recordak Magnaprint microfiche printer/reader. It appears to be in
decent cosmetic condition but I am not sure if it works or if it is
complete. This thing used photosensitized paper and some kind of developer
to make positive copies of microfiche reels or sheets.
https://archive.org/details/TNM_Recordak_Magnaprint_Reader_microfilm_reader…
I don't have space to keep this thing, but I would like to save it from
being scrapped if possible. Free for pickup near Buffalo, NY. Contact me if
interested!
Don
7:56 a.m.
New subject: saving old technology [was: Recordak Magnaprint Microfiche Printer Free]
At a local linux meeting, the leader was disparaging any resurrection of old technology
Anybody else reminded of the science fiction story where ethereal life forms arrive from a
distant star system after receiving our first radio transmissions. life that eats radio
and electricity, starting with the frequencies of our first transmissions, but then
mutating(?) to all radio, then electricity even in wires, and wiping out all
communications, vehicles, etc. There is a desperate project to resurrect steam engines
(to build other steam engines) and breed horses. All those steam train museums turn out
to be what saves humanity. just now I realized..shouldn't they also consume all the
light too? But I guess they can't go beyond microwaves.
<pre>--Carey</pre>
On 05/07/2024 11:14 PM CDT ED SHARPE via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
SMECC had similar but never got much microfilm so were sent to historical society to
use on Reels of news paper microfilm. Heh cleared a bit counter space 30 years
ago!---'the liquid was same as the old wet type copiers used. Is this pr the paper
media available still? Not sure... but not many exist anymore.The one in that brochure
is the classic model and that brand is an innovator.
Ours was a generic looking thing and no where classy as the brochure model. And that
company was THE innovator I think of that tech
YEA FIND SOME WHERE TO SAVE IT!
Ed# SMECC
8:58 a.m.
New subject: saving old technology [was: Recordak Magnaprint Microfiche Printer Free]
On May 8, 2024, at 7:56 AM, CAREY SCHUG via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
At a local linux meeting, the leader was disparaging any resurrection of old technology
Anybody else reminded of the science fiction story where ethereal life forms arrive from
a distant star system after receiving our first radio transmissions. life that eats radio
and electricity, starting with the frequencies of our first transmissions, but then
mutating(?) to all radio, then electricity even in wires, and wiping out all
communications, vehicles, etc. There is a desperate project to resurrect steam engines
(to build other steam engines) and breed horses. All those steam train museums turn out
to be what saves humanity. just now I realized..shouldn't they also consume all the
light too? But I guess they can't go beyond microwaves.
"The Waveries" by Fredric Brown, 1945. Never mind the bit about light; the
author missed the fact that Diesel engines don't need electricity, and also the fact
that thunder can't happen without lightning.
paul
9:38 a.m.
New subject: saving old technology [was: Recordak Magnaprint Microfiche Printer Free]
Most modern Diesel engines use a common-rail electronically controlled injection system.
On May 8, 2024, at 8:58 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On May 8, 2024, at 7:56 AM, CAREY SCHUG via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
At a local linux meeting, the leader was disparaging any resurrection of old technology
Anybody else reminded of the science fiction story where ethereal life forms arrive from
a distant star system after receiving our first radio transmissions. life that eats radio
and electricity, starting with the frequencies of our first transmissions, but then
mutating(?) to all radio, then electricity even in wires, and wiping out all
communications, vehicles, etc. There is a desperate project to resurrect steam engines
(to build other steam engines) and breed horses. All those steam train museums turn out
to be what saves humanity. just now I realized..shouldn't they also consume all the
light too? But I guess they can't go beyond microwaves.
"The Waveries" by Fredric Brown, 1945. Never mind the bit about light; the
author missed the fact that Diesel engines don't need electricity, and also the fact
that thunder can't happen without lightning.
paul
9:57 a.m.
New subject: saving old technology [was: Recordak Magnaprint Microfiche Printer Free]
Sure, but classic Diesel engines are purely mechanical.
paul
On May 8, 2024, at 9:38 AM, Michael Thompson
<michael.99.thompson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Most modern Diesel engines use a common-rail electronically controlled injection system.
> On May 8, 2024, at 8:58 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
>
>
>
>> On May 8, 2024, at 7:56 AM, CAREY SCHUG via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
>>
>> At a local linux meeting, the leader was disparaging any resurrection of old
technology
>>
>> Anybody else reminded of the science fiction story where ethereal life forms
arrive from a distant star system after receiving our first radio transmissions. life
that eats radio and electricity, starting with the frequencies of our first transmissions,
but then mutating(?) to all radio, then electricity even in wires, and wiping out all
communications, vehicles, etc. There is a desperate project to resurrect steam engines
(to build other steam engines) and breed horses. All those steam train museums turn out
to be what saves humanity. just now I realized..shouldn't they also consume all the
light too? But I guess they can't go beyond microwaves.
>
> "The Waveries" by Fredric Brown, 1945. Never mind the bit about light; the
author missed the fact that Diesel engines don't need electricity, and also the fact
that thunder can't happen without lightning.
>
> paul
>
10:17 a.m.
New subject: saving old technology [was: Recordak Magnaprint Microfiche Printer Free]
I doubt that creating deisel fuel is purely mechanical. pumping and processing both. And
the glow plug to start is electrical, so will a blowtorch heat it enough to start without
damaging the engine? Of course the propane for the blowtorch is another issue. Maybe a
few farm tractors, with their open frames could be operated, but trucks with all their
controls would have to be redesigned from scratch.
<pre>--Carey</pre>
On 05/08/2024 8:57 AM CDT Paul Koning via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Sure, but classic Diesel engines are purely mechanical.
paul
> On May 8, 2024, at 9:38 AM, Michael Thompson <michael.99.thompson(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Most modern Diesel engines use a common-rail electronically controlled injection
system.
>
>> On May 8, 2024, at 8:58 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On May 8, 2024, at 7:56 AM, CAREY SCHUG via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> At a local linux meeting, the leader was disparaging any resurrection of old
technology
>>>
>>> Anybody else reminded of the science fiction story where ethereal life forms
arrive from a distant star system after receiving our first radio transmissions. life
that eats radio and electricity, starting with the frequencies of our first transmissions,
but then mutating(?) to all radio, then electricity even in wires, and wiping out all
communications, vehicles, etc. There is a desperate project to resurrect steam engines
(to build other steam engines) and breed horses. All those steam train museums turn out
to be what saves humanity. just now I realized..shouldn't they also consume all the
light too? But I guess they can't go beyond microwaves.
>>
>> "The Waveries" by Fredric Brown, 1945. Never mind the bit about
light; the author missed the fact that Diesel engines don't need electricity, and also
the fact that thunder can't happen without lightning.
>>
>> paul
>>
9 a.m.
New subject: saving old technology [was: Recordak Magnaprint Microfiche Printer Free]
On May 8, 2024, at 7:56 AM, CAREY SCHUG via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
At a local linux meeting, the leader was disparaging any resurrection of old technology
Anybody else reminded of the science fiction story where ethereal life forms arrive from
a distant star system after receiving our first radio transmissions. ...
An entirely different story but also much about preserving technology is
"Lucifer's Hammer" by Niven & Pournelle. It's the reason I have the
two-volume set of "The Way Things Work" on my bookshelf.
paul
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