Comments for lookANDsee http://las.new-england.net.au A pictorial journal of life in rural Australia Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:22:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 Comment on Dorrigo: Barwick Stevens by Jon http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForLookandsee/~3/Y_bk4PfoKfE/ Jon Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:22:54 +0000 http://las.new-england.net.au/?p=3723#comment-6807 The building has a facade similar, albeit less ornate, to that of the ex-Commonwealth Bank in Armidale. So I agree it probably was a bank. The Armidale building, which is also painted pink, has recently sprouted "test" patches of new colour indicating repainting may be imminent. Perhaps some photo-blogger should record the pink incarnation before it disappears? The building has a facade similar, albeit less ornate, to that of the ex-Commonwealth Bank in Armidale. So I agree it probably was a bank. The Armidale building, which is also painted pink, has recently sprouted “test” patches of new colour indicating repainting may be imminent. Perhaps some photo-blogger should record the pink incarnation before it disappears?

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http://www.hotelmoteldorrigo.com.au/history.htm

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]]> http://las.new-england.net.au/2010/03/11/dorrigo-highway-through-town/comment-page-1/#comment-6793 Comment on From the Archive: The Computer Room by Warren http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForLookandsee/~3/csyoLdXC9GE/ Warren Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:59:03 +0000 http://las.new-england.net.au/?p=3675#comment-6754 Hey Jon. No, that's me with the Plotter. Hey Jon. No, that’s me with the Plotter.

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]]> http://las.new-england.net.au/2010/02/23/from-the-archive-warren/comment-page-1/#comment-6725 Comment on From the Archive: Jon by Ken http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForLookandsee/~3/-ISWdjVHWHQ/ Ken Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:47:21 +0000 http://las.new-england.net.au/?p=3689#comment-6709 Wasn't it wonderful to be able to type commands on a keyboard and see the results on the screen. The VT-100 had the ability to create screens allowing text entry in fields. The VT-100 probably has less processing power than a current washing machine and the mainframe would have less than a cars engine management system. Wasn’t it wonderful to be able to type commands on a keyboard and see the results on the screen. The VT-100 had the ability to create screens allowing text entry in fields. The VT-100 probably has less processing power than a current washing machine and the mainframe would have less than a cars engine management system.

]]> http://las.new-england.net.au/2010/02/22/from-the-archive-jon/comment-page-1/#comment-6709 Comment on From the Archive: The plotter by Judith http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForLookandsee/~3/NiTALzok330/ Judith Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:52:12 +0000 http://las.new-england.net.au/?p=3686#comment-6707 So, somewhere in the basements of the University of Houston in Houston Texas circa 1973, there was a real computer person such as yourself. I had no idea. At the time, I was punching my research data into cards (in a small room with several card punching machines), bundling them up with rubber bands, and giving them to my major professor. Some time later, I was presented with printed data on a stack of folded paper, perforated at the folds. I would guess the size of each sheet was 12X18. From whence it came, I was oblivious. It was all very mysterious to me, but I was very grateful I did not have to do the statistical computations myself...I wonder if graphics were even possible at that time. I doubt it. I do remember the excitement I felt when I looked at the sheets.....I hadn't had to do the number crunching!!! There it all was! So, somewhere in the basements of the University of Houston in Houston Texas circa 1973, there was a real computer person such as yourself. I had no idea. At the time, I was punching my research data into cards (in a small room with several card punching machines), bundling them up with rubber bands, and giving them to my major professor. Some time later, I was presented with printed data on a stack of folded paper, perforated at the folds. I would guess the size of each sheet was 12X18. From whence it came, I was oblivious. It was all very mysterious to me, but I was very grateful I did not have to do the statistical computations myself…I wonder if graphics were even possible at that time. I doubt it. I do remember the excitement I felt when I looked at the sheets…..I hadn’t had to do the number crunching!!! There it all was!

]]> http://las.new-england.net.au/2010/02/21/from-the-archive-the-plotter/comment-page-1/#comment-6707 Comment on Administrivia: lack of updates; no internet access by Richard http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForLookandsee/~3/K3acFvwy8hE/ Richard Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:29:01 +0000 http://las.new-england.net.au/?p=3683#comment-6696 Hope that you get up and running again quickly Gordon. Snowed here in sunny Suffolk, UK again this morning. It has been a really long miserable winter, the coldest for a long while. But unusually for cold winters a serious of depressions rather than high pressure areas have been around. Hope that you get up and running again quickly Gordon.

Snowed here in sunny Suffolk, UK again this morning. It has been a really long miserable winter, the coldest for a long while. But unusually for cold winters a serious of depressions rather than high pressure areas have been around.

]]> http://las.new-england.net.au/2010/02/19/administrivia-lack-of-updates-no-internet-access/comment-page-1/#comment-6696 Comment on From the Archive: The Computer Room by Richard http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForLookandsee/~3/Hzo6sAjxTEI/ Richard Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:25:50 +0000 http://las.new-england.net.au/?p=3675#comment-6695 They were the days, punched card and tape input. Lovely. They were the days, punched card and tape input. Lovely.

]]> http://las.new-england.net.au/2010/02/13/from-the-archive-the-computer-room/comment-page-1/#comment-6695 Comment on From the Archive: The line printer by Steve Crane http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForLookandsee/~3/M2LI9X9KbOU/ Steve Crane Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:46:11 +0000 http://las.new-england.net.au/?p=3681#comment-6668 I used to be a computer operator back in the early 80s and the line printers drove us nuts. The folding and stacking mechanism would often fail and by the time the printer eventually jammed, the hood would be filled with several hundred pages of crumpled fanfold. Such fun to smooth it out and refold. I used to be a computer operator back in the early 80s and the line printers drove us nuts. The folding and stacking mechanism would often fail and by the time the printer eventually jammed, the hood would be filled with several hundred pages of crumpled fanfold. Such fun to smooth it out and refold.

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