tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036715657429075643.post8904901587829681602..comments2023-06-27T05:59:33.497-04:00Comments on Lollipops and Crisps: Watcheslollipopsandcrispshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07089467906011377222noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036715657429075643.post-41718002290102256722012-09-03T09:03:14.090-04:002012-09-03T09:03:14.090-04:00You mention old typewriters. When I was in the arm...You mention old typewriters. When I was in the army, I fixed teletypewriters. Talk about steampunk. These were essentially analog data transmitters using punched paper tape. You'd create a message, and it would be stored on the tape. Then, you would feed it into a transmitter, a radio, to its receiver.<br /><br />This thing had dozens of springs, friction clutches, and a simple motor. The motor would be calibrated with a tuning fork that had small tabs fixed to the top of each blade of the fork. These tabs overlapped each other and had a small slit in them. The motor had a wheel on the front of it with two white dots and kind of worm gear speed adjustment. You'd strike the tuning fork, and then look through it at the wheel on the motor. What you'd see is a view of the wheel at 400 Hz. If the motor's going too fast, the dots would advance, and so on. You would adjust the speed until the dots were still.<br /><br />This was during the cold war (okay, I'm dating myself, but if I don't, who will?) and they were used because they wouldn't suffer the effects of an EMF burst of a nuclear weapon.Adam Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03874741288805069968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036715657429075643.post-9507922654163021922010-09-24T11:56:57.096-04:002010-09-24T11:56:57.096-04:00You should look into Philip Patek watches... Also,...You should look into Philip Patek watches... Also, you should still look into mechanical watches (you wind them) if the PK watches are a little out of your price range. I haven't seen any on Chronoshark yet... but maybe... lolSamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13499463929107296531noreply@blogger.com