For collectors of Slide Rules and associated mechanical calculating instruments. Runs in association with the Slide Rule Trading Post Group Moderator:...
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walter2@...
Dec 22, 1998 12:22 am
If anyone has good quality images of older wood body Faber-Castell rules, I am looking for some to use with permission, for an on-line FC archive. I have most...
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Andrew Davie
adavie@...
Dec 22, 1998 4:16 am
Welcome to the new (automated!) Slide Rule mailing list. Thanks for joining up so quickly. Remember, at any time you can send email to all of the members of...
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Fred Stahl
wellngtn@...
Dec 22, 1998 4:26 am
Andrew, What does this mean wrt the SRTP forum/trading post. Do we stop using it in its entirety? What about the rest of the SRTP? Fred Stahl ... E-group home:...
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John P. Porter
jporter@...
Dec 22, 1998 4:26 am
Glad to be a member of the egroup. You are all invited to visit my list of sliderules on our web page at www.capital.net/com/jporter I will be glad to take...
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Andrew Davie
adavie@...
Dec 22, 1998 4:49 am
I'm not quite sure what will become of the SRTP forum & trading post. This new system appears to offer all the benefits, the same degree of control, better...
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Dick Rose
rarose@...
Dec 22, 1998 5:05 am
Hi Everyone, Just wanted to wish everyone Happy Holidays. If you have any spare change left after buying presents and want something for yourself, please let...
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Ted Davis
bg495@...
Dec 22, 1998 6:34 am
My slide rule "future" page increments at: http://table.jps.net/~einc/mall/matins/matins.htm among other CONSTANT SOCIETY constant processes. For ten thousand...
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DAN WEINSTOCK
WEINDAN@...
Dec 22, 1998 12:32 pm
I think this new slide rule list is a wonderful development. It will increase discussion and bring us closer together. If SRTP disappears, though, I will miss...
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FOO Cheow Ming
cthulhufatagn@...
Dec 23, 1998 1:59 am
I for one greet the insipient demise of SDF with great regret, and has yet to get used to the idea of a mailing list. However, its been a blast having a...
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Herbert A. Gold
herbgold@...
Dec 23, 1998 1:59 am
Can anyone direct me to operating instructions for a Mark V model? See Bobby Feazel's article in JOS, Vol. 5, No. 2. Thanks, Herb Gold Los Angeles ... E-group...
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Kenneth L. Sanders
kennethsanders@...
Dec 23, 1998 1:59 am
Andie: You bring up an interesting point, but... A few years ago, the Journal of Irreproducible Results published a "study" demonstrating that the "most...
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Jay Francis
SlideRuleGuy@...
Dec 23, 1998 3:21 am
Andrew, I think this slide rule list server is a great idea. I am also on another list server and I like the idea of getting the mail automatically in my ...
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Bobby Feazel
feazelb@...
Dec 23, 1998 3:45 am
Herb I looked through my files and found two different photocopies of Pilot balloon instructions. I'll be glad to get them to you, but it will have to wait...
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W2OTS@...
Dec 23, 1998 3:45 am
Hi, Noted your username. Recognized the first part from the Lovecraft SF stories. What does the "fatagn" refer to? Do you specialize in bizarre and arcane ...
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Mort Hans
W2OTS@...
Dec 23, 1998 4:06 am
Looking for information about a U.S. Navy Slant Range Computer (Device 16-c-39-s) manufactured by Theo. Alteneder & Sons, Phila, PA ca 1965. Computer...
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fred harris
fred.harris@...
Dec 23, 1998 11:59 pm
hello folks... i'm a new comer.... i picked up a pilot balloon slide rule in australia last year... i woul appreciate a copy of the instructions too...thanking...
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Steven Tan
stek96@...
Dec 23, 1998 11:59 pm
regards STEVEN TAN ... E-group home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/sliderule Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com...
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Richard F. Lyon
DickLyon@...
Dec 24, 1998 5:33 am
Hey, pretty nice list. But can anyone tell me how to suppress the occurrence of the dreaded " " (ampersand-n-b-s-p-semicolon, in case your reader caught...
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Andrew Davie
adavie@...
Dec 24, 1998 5:42 am
There are two ways to have the list send you email. The first, and nearly everyone uses this method - is as text-only format - it's the default when you...
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John Gilbert
gilbjd@...
Dec 24, 1998 1:48 pm
Come on Andrew. You are UTC+11 now. And I agree, HTML email is rude unless the recipient has specifically consented to it. And it IS an M$ conspiracy!! Merry...
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Ira Stone
Ira_Stone@...
Dec 24, 1998 7:15 pm
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL! ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/sliderule Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com...
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Mike Gabbert
gabbertm@...
Dec 24, 1998 11:37 pm
I have an identical rule (same scale configuration and patent number) with the model number of 68 1754. I was able to get it for about 1/3 the current bid...
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Richard F. Lyon
dicklyon@...
Dec 24, 1998 11:38 pm
... I tend to agree. But I still don't understand why the programs that convert HTML to text just leave that one character untranslated. d ... E-group home:...
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JoeDentist@...
Dec 25, 1998 12:06 am
I'm not sure if at this point in the Slide Rule collecting Hobby if logic prevails. I'm also a coin collector, and I know that small differences in quality can...
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Andrew Davie
adavie@...
Dec 25, 1998 12:06 am
TO everyone I'd like to try to keep all messages on this list as close to topic as possible. That is, please try to include at least something ...
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David Scott Pearce
alpinejo@...
Dec 25, 1998 12:06 am
Thanks very much & the same back to you! ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/sliderule Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com...
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Thomas A. Frank
tfrank9@...
Dec 25, 1998 2:11 am
Hello All; I'll add my personal opinion on this, for what it's worth... On straight slide rules, I simply list from top to bottom, front then back. I define...
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walter shawlee 2
walter2@...
Dec 25, 1998 2:11 am
Marking Slide Rules in Text: One useful (and pretty unambiguous) method of marking scale layouts has proven to be the use of brackets to show the sliding or...
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David Hartsel
dhartsel@...
Dec 25, 1998 4:57 am
Hi, About 15" from my left hand is my trusty 30 year old Dietzgen B-1725 which is in use almost every day. I have several calculators sitting around here but...
