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Article #1586Re: HP chip model planes
From: Joerg
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:45
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:45
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Jim Thompson 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! > No, but a pilot friend of mine told me about his experience at an aircraft salvage yard farther west. He said it's not for the squeamish, that there'd be lots of crash fuselages and they seem to not always clean the cockpit after removing the bodies ... -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
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