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Article #1553Re: HP chip model planes
From: John Fields
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:16
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:16
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On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:16:38 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:57:02 -0800, Joerg ><notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote: > >>miso@sushi.com wrote: >>> On Jan 23, 5:51 pm, "David L. Jones" <altz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Jan 24, 9:35 am, Mark Harriss <bi...@blartco.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> David L. Jones wrote: >>>>>> Thought I'd share this I came across on another group: >>>>>> http://www.elcafevirtual.com/julio/ >>>>>> Model planes made entirely from old HP calculator chips and parts. >>>>>> Dave. >>>>> I wonder how many collector's item HP machines were destroyed to make >>>>> these works of art. >>>> None. >>>> >>>> From the constructor: >>>> "The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was the second of four I made more >>>> than 30 years ago with defective and scrap HPchips. This aircraft >>>> model I made with IC,s of the Clasic and Woodstock pocked calculator >>>> series. This model has a modified HP-67 card reader mechanism built-in >>>> that moves up and down the landing gear, pilots' cabin and the engine >>>> light and four intermitent tricolor leds, powered by 6 V." >>>> >>>> Dave. >>> >>> Those are recyclable packages, not scrap. >> >> >>They can still be recycled after the last ferry flight to Tucson ;-) >> >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/telstar/1285915/ > >Ever driven by there? HUGE place! --- Google Earth to: "Aircraft boneyard Tucson AZ" JF
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