Sujet : Re: The enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel
De : bowman (at) *nospam* montana.com (rbowman)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 29. Oct 2024, 20:18:38
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On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:31:13 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
Check out ControlCalc. Our company hired a guy to build an air-traffic
lighting system. He build the control hardware himself, and he used
ControlCalc to drive it (and show graphics of various airfields).
Newfangled ideas. In the '70s the company I worked for had a contract to
build the controllers for airport approach lighting systems (rabbit)
https://www.trafficsignalmuseum.com/pages/ef15.htmlWhat he refers to as the cam shaft is actually an Eagle Signal stepper.
The 'motor' is a solenoid that sucks up a ratchet. The silver thing he's
holding up in the last photo is a massive lead weight. Let's just say the
thing doesn't operate silently.
Nylon cable ties weren't acceptable to the FAA so the wiring harness had
to be laced.
https://www.dairiki.org/hammond/cable-lacing-howto/Finest state of the art. I'm hoping the modern systems are a little more
advanced but with government agencies you never can tell.
The enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel
Re: The enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel
