Topic: For the old timers

[kdub_nz]

Yeah, but most people are young to Kerry. He goes to the museum for his class reunion.

I resemble that remark.

[rkmcswain]

The question is what year was that? Ok, I  found that it appears to be 1970

FWIW - I scanned that from a 1968 magazine.
Pretty close.

For reference, gas was about $0.34/gallon
Milk, $0.99/gallon
A Big Mac, $0.49
New base Mustang, $2700

[JohnK]

Yeah, but most people are young to Kerry. He goes to the museum for his class reunion.

I resemble that remark.

Lol

[Mark]

A Big Mac, $0.49

SOB, who knew! I thought it was much later than '68

It was introduced in the Greater Pittsburgh area, United States, in 1967 and nationwide in 1968. It is one of the company's signature products.

[Greg B]

Yeah, but most people are young to Kerry. He goes to the museum for his class reunion.

I warned you guys not to encourage him.

[Dinosaur]

The question is what year was that? Ok, I  found that it appears to be 1970

FWIW - I scanned that from a 1968 magazine.
Pretty close.

For reference, gas was about $0.34/gallon
Milk, $0.99/gallon
A Big Mac, $0.49
New base Mustang, $270

Doomed they were ... the die was already cast,  My first CAD exposure was in 1970 when our instructor finished out the term by showing us the codes to make rudimentary drawings in FORTRAN.  He even gave us sheets of punch card images to create our own ... the real things being too expensive esp with no mainframe available for an actual run.

[JohnK]

Yeah, but most people are young to Kerry. He goes to the museum for his class reunion.

I warned you guys not to encourage him.

HA!

[DeeGeeCees_V.2.0]

After a year or so of drafting on the board and then fumbling around with AutoCad 10 and 11 for a while after, I had to learn some automation and tablet customization with the help of George O. Head:



...but I think I've stumbled across some of those routines on that floppy in the OP too.

I'll just leave this here...

"You Need No Drawing Skill-No Technical Ability"

Some of the people I've hired in the past few years really took this to heart.

[Dinosaur]

"You Need No Drawing Skill-No Technical Ability"

Some of the people I've hired in the past few years really took this to heart.

Not so much with those who spent serious time doing old school on the boards but some of this bunch who used CAD right from the gate ... there are words to describe but none fit to print here

[DeeGeeCees_V.2.0]

"You Need No Drawing Skill-No Technical Ability"

Some of the people I've hired in the past few years really took this to heart.

Not so much with those who spent serious time doing old school on the boards but some of this bunch who used CAD right from the gate ... there are words to describe but none fit to print here

When I come across a project started from... one of those people... it's generally easier to just redraw it.

Expletive.

[dgorsman]

Anyone skip the electric eraser entirely, and use the razor-sharp edge of the shield to shave the lines off the drawing instead?

[rkmcswain]

Anyone skip the electric eraser entirely, and use the razor-sharp edge of the shield to shave the lines off the drawing instead?

In more recent years, when it comes time to "erase" from mylar, it's easier to scrape it off with an X-Acto knife than it is to erase it traditionally with that erasing shield...

[Dinosaur]

Anyone skip the electric eraser entirely, and use the razor-sharp edge of the shield to shave the lines off the drawing instead?

In more recent years, when it comes time to "erase" from mylar, it's easier to scrape it off with an X-Acto knife than it is to erase it traditionally with that erasing shield...

I worked at an unnamed international engineering firm that I will only refer to as B&V in the early 80's where that would be cause for immediate termination.  They were so protective of their original plan document that even electric erasers were banned from the building. Once started they were almost never discarded no matter how extensive the revision.  Often, the chemical tooth on the mylar was worn to the point any ink or plastic lead would no longer stick so we were issued a special pencil that could write on glass to erase the errant detail from one of the sheets.  One time a set of plans was sent to the local reprographics shop for reduced bid sets and a last minute revision was requested.  Shop was alerted and the lead tech was sent to the rescue.  He came back earlier than expected looking pale and shaken.  Apparently the shop had corrected the problem on their own by cutting it out of the precious design document with an Exacto knife.  The next closest shop was another 10 miles distant but that company never worked for them again while I was there.