[Milsurplus] History of radios

[ed sharpe]

sure can read 7 track!
would have to dig the stuff out of the  warehouse though............
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Forster" <jfor@quik.com>
To: "ed sharpe" <esharpe@uswest.net>
Cc: <Kargokult@aol.com>; <milsurplus@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] History of radios


> ed sharpe wrote:
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> > in reality the cd cost about a buck!  amazing!
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> True, but I find it difficult to read long texts on a PC. Also, sometimes
you
> have to pan pics or drawings. IMO, books are still pretty good. In 20
years,
> will there even be CD readers? Can YOU read a 7 track mag tape or an 8"
> floppy....  Damn, that's gonna start a new flame war.
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> > the way to cover  info disappearing is the mirroring of sites.
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> And if the site you want has not been mirrored? I can find a used book
that is
> 80 yars old for $5 (A Radio Boys in the bthousand Islands, for example) .
Who is
> gonna mirror little wanted stuff for that long or that price  In the
1950's or
> 60's who cared about manuals for ARC-5's or No 19 sets. All that was
wanted was
> a surplus conversion manual (YUKKKKK).
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> -John
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