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[MLOR]

"jpg"? Unhelpful? Whatchatalkinbout?

I could only view it as .html for some reason.

Probably because I'm a technocripple (despite having an MSc in computing...lol)

Was that in the days of paper tape then?

coughs.
I used to use both paper tape and punched cards on a NC machine as late as 1992.

Where my sister gets carpets made on a jacquard loom that uses punched cards to this day.



"and you tell kids ...etc"

[mercrocker]

I'm pretty sure I was still Telex-ing shipping orders to Europe around that time, using saved message tapes. You had to ring Poland in the morning as well because the telephones would be off-power by early afternoon.....We had a fax machine and that took bloody ages too.

[LynehamHerc]

Well that smartarse comment of mine backfired then.

I remember punched cards from being a trainee COBOL programmer in 1978 but have never used paper tape.

[MLOR]

Well that smartarse comment of mine backfired then.

I remember punched cards from being a trainee COBOL programmer in 1978 but have never used paper tape.

I keep some of my tools in punched card drawer cabinets that were being thrown out in late 1992.

[Drum]

What's going on with the early model pedal layout? Is that a hand throttle?

Got it now. I should read all the posts instead of just the last one.

[cros]

No, just a button type pedal. Its uncomfortable keeping your foot on them for any length of time. (I had another lorry with this arrangement).

[Hooli]

Didn't Bugattis have a centre throttle pre-war? so it was infact a racing lorry.

[mercrocker]

Bugs were normal I think - but the 3 Litre Bentleys had middle go-pedals.

[CLINT]

The Ford Model T truck I drive may have done. I forget exactly but everything was in a weird place!

[cros]

The Ford Model T truck I drive may have done. I forget exactly but everything was in a weird place!

Someone explained to me how those things worked repeatedly and I just couldn't get it- and they've only got two gears for Christ sake!