Return-Path: Received: from mtain-mh06.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-mh06.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.96.218]) by air-dc09.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINDC093-86554d5b101111d; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:45:21 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-mh06.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id BE6D238000128; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:45:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1PpUZG-0005S0-Ez for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:44:26 +0000 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1PpUZF-0005Rr-Tk for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:44:25 +0000 Received: from mhost02h.leeds.ac.uk ([129.11.77.151]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PpUZD-0002BJ-BF for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:44:25 +0000 Received: from APOLLO2.ds.leeds.ac.uk (apollo2.leeds.ac.uk [129.11.5.5]) by mhost02h.leeds.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p1FNiH64014539 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:44:17 GMT Received: from HERMES8.ds.leeds.ac.uk ([fe80::c078:16b5:73cf:6fbc]) by APOLLO2.ds.leeds.ac.uk ([129.11.5.5]) with mapi; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:44:17 +0000 From: Chris Trayner To: "rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:44:15 +0000 Thread-Topic: LF: 40 years (completely OT, but...) Thread-Index: AcvNakGqUye5WXU2RLmuxGoEgObhXA== Message-ID: <1EB2CCDB-35FC-4211-A48A-9B2A141B0398@leeds.ac.uk> References: <4D5B0C57.29939.51AAAC6@jurgenb2.3sdesign.de> In-Reply-To: <4D5B0C57.29939.51AAAC6@jurgenb2.3sdesign.de> Accept-Language: en-US, en-GB Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US, en-GB MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: 40 years (completely OT, but...) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=TO_ADDRESS_EQ_REAL autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d60da4d5b100f4efb X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) > I once looked in the catalog of 1952 or so, and found the very first=20 > transistors there, quite pricey I can remember, in the 1960s I think, Radio Constructor having an entire= back page advert for red spots at 15/-. I also got given an OC72 for a birthday present - it came in a little card= board box, like a valve box but smaller. (For non-Brits or non-fogeys, 15/- meant 15 shillings no pence, i.e. 75p= decimal.) 73, Chris G4OKW ----------------------- Dr Chris Trayner School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, The University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom Tel: +44 113 34 32053 Fax: +44 113 34 32032