Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On 08/03/2025 20:37, rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 08 Mar 2025 14:42:42 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:
 

rbowman <bowman@montana.com> writes:

On Sat, 8 Mar 2025 00:21:15 -0500, c186282 wrote:

>

Relay logic was sort of fun. You were building state machines with
relays,
Eagle Signal electro-mechanical timers, limit switches, and so forth. I
never did it but even more fascinating were some of the complex machines
that were all cams, levers, gears, and springs except for the drive
motor.

>
I use and repair relay logic even in these digital times:
>
https://pinside.com/pinball/machine/target-pool

 Real solenoids, lacing twine, DCC wire, and multi-contact steppers! The
past lives on.

I knew a guy once who was building a working 18th century stage coach for a museum. Ultra lightweight ash body etc.
I guess whatever turns you on...
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There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
Mark Twain