THE NUMBERS IMAGE THREAD!


is that a punch tape reader? and the tape he is holding? back in 1983 when i was a CNC programmer our Laser had to be programmed by punched tape....so much better now!
 
Yes, that's quite possible, but I can't find out explicitly how data was entered into that machine. Punched cards go back further (they originated from programmable jacquard looms), but you need quite a complex assembly to feed them in one by one, while paper tape just needs a few sprocket wheels to pull the tape along, so I think card feeders came about once machines were installed to be fed by secretaries in offices and computing undergraduates in universities, while the 1101 was designed by and used by the military.

That machine might actually have had one wheel too few, so he was probably tensioning the tape as it entered the machine.

Edit: Or more concisely, punched cards were an IBM thing. Everyone else stuck with paper tape.
 
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Edit: Or more concisely, punched cards were an IBM thing. Everyone else stuck with paper tape.

Which then brings us back to the player piano - which if you think about it was the digital music file equivalent of its day.
 
Schmersal AES 1102

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Seems we never did any numbers past 1105. Well, the numbers went down and today they've come back up to the point where I can post this:
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It seems to be a Czech (or likely Czechoslovak given the vintage) Mig-21f 'balalaika' numbered 1106.

There's also a fantastic 1930s car called the Packard 1106 Twelve (it's got a V12 engine) but I couldn't find any pictures of it that showed the number prominently enough.
 
I doubt it's actual music, but all the comedy artists made records back then; I've a Billy Conolly LP from the 1970s in my collection, and a Monty Python compilation CD from the 1980s. The Conolly one is all sketches and standup, and the Python one is all silly ditties, while this one looks to be a mixture of the two.
 
Probably; the previous postive preorder was made on Sunday, while this one was made about an hour and a half ago now. But if you've got an original pre-preorder number, you'll get that rather than 1111 for your serial number or whatever.
 
Probably; the previous postive preorder was made on Sunday, while this one was made about an hour and a half ago now. But if you've got an original pre-preorder number, you'll get that rather than 1111 for your serial number or whatever.
I know. See my signature.
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So, yeah. I am waiting a bit before buying the rest of my vouchers so I can try to "The Price Is Right" the total value of my vouchers for Pyra, clear case and shipping.

Wouldn't it be great if they started shipping in Two Months?
 
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