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Michael A. Terrell
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krw wrote:
Modern CNC is done under computer control. Punched paper tape was a
pain in the ass, but it worked until computers became cheap enough to
replace punched tape readers. It was a play on words.
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On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:10:06 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:
krw wrote:
On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:57:37 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:
krw wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:00:09 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:
krw wrote:
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Has anyone ever seen a 1950s CNC machine?
Does a Jaquard loom count? Oh, 1950s, not 1750s. ;-)
Did it have a $4000 controller board? ;-)
In 2009 dollars, quite likely.
Well, Zero bit processors were quite expensive.
Jacquard looms are pretty impressive things to watch. ...and almost
300 years old. Not "zero bits" at all.
They operated from punched cards for the weave patterns, and had zero
bits of computer processing power.
They are CNC machines. CNC machines don't need to "process" anything.
Modern CNC is done under computer control. Punched paper tape was a
pain in the ass, but it worked until computers became cheap enough to
replace punched tape readers. It was a play on words.
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You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense!