He who convinces himself he don't need to learn from history should read about the fall of the Roman Empire a little.
But yeah, be damned if I'll ever work for the phone company again. Only the railways was a more thankless job. It is a little pleasant to visit ones memories for some nostalgia from time to time, I went and saw the big C band dish we put up beside my trade school department in '04 the other day in Sydney... its still there, unlike a certain similar dish I hear was affixed to the top of a building at UNSW a few years back that fell off three days after it was put up... and yes, I hung it all over the PhD who botched that one, especially the bit where I told him I was "just a dumb tradesman." My eyes might've gotten a bit misty, I took some photos for my niece in the years to come, and I left again. It is what it is. Meanwhile Brucee, thanks for the hotline tip! Better than Hackaday. On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Prof Brucee <[email protected]> wrote: > Your bad fortune. > > On 27/04/2017 1:13 PM, "Winston Kodogo" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, such are my limitations, I don't give two short smegs about the >> Blit or "The Labs", Johnny come latelelys that they are, promoting new >> editors such as "ed". Instead of edt, the one true editor. But when I was a >> lad, these many years ago, we did have to pick up the phone - without dial, >> there was no dial - wait for the operator at the Sanderstead exchange and >> ask the operator to connect us. >> >> On 27 April 2017 at 14:42, Shane Morris <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear God, big old working exchanges?! >>> >>> We had a tiny little relay logic step by step PABX at trade school, >>> adjusting her was punishment detail. Well, it *was* until they worked >>> out I actually enjoyed getting the old girl to make party tricks... >>> >>> I wonder if I *am* actually allowed into the US these days...? Likely >>> not... perhaps I can see some photos instead? >>> >>> Cheers mate! >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Bruce Ellis <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> For those interested in the Blit and other stuff from the labs, >>>> particularly if you are in the Seattle area, you might like to contact >>>> [email protected] who is the Associated Curator of the >>>> Communications Museum. He gave me a tour and I introduced him to >>>> games/crabs. >>>> >>>> Big old telephone exchanges in working order are fun! >>>> >>>> brucee >>>> >>> >>> >>
