Subj : Recent finds?
To   : paulie420
From : Daniel Path
Date : Fri Feb 04 2022 21:28:22

Hello paulie420.

02 Feb 22 18:33, you wrote to aLPHA:

 aL>> Whoah, that sounds pretty cool -- that's like early 1980m yeah? I
 aL>> find Soviet-era technology pretty intersting, especially some of
 aL>> the out-there industrial design... Congrats :)

 p> First, YES - Jeffs KP1801BM1 sounds rad... I'm a little green to use
 p> an Arduino to make retro chips do things, but... I'm interested in
 p> hearing what beeps and boops he makes it do!!

 p> While this isn't retro COMPUTING, I collect some Russian antiques.
 p> Lighters, a couple neat watches, some WWII era bomb fuzes (I have a
 p> large fuze collection... very cool.) and a few phones - I love seeing
 p> how DIFFERENT their tech was that ours, and most of it is built really
 p> well. Very industrial, as you say, too.

robust and heavy, ugly and foolproof (in the meaning of if you are a fool and can't use it, it will kill you instantly)

:)

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Daniel from the ex-Warsaw-Pact ;)

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