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I remember reading about the Wankel rotary engine when I was like, 9, in some book I found at our Library in elementary school. I never understood how the rotor could move within the lobed cavity, or engage with the eccentric output shaft. I think I (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I remember those!!! :-) They were the standard @ my school during the early nineties. My friends and I use to just hold down the action key for like ten-seconds and then walk away… The computers would start ‘beeping’ for about 10 mins… lol so (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (this is largely OT but a good example of engineering gone bad) Ah, yes. The great ICON. For those non Canadian (or maybe even non Ontario) readers, the ICON was undoubtably one of the greatest examples of Canadian government institutional (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Richard Noeckel" <Shroud_of_kung_fu@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GsFME8.E86@lugnet.com... (...) You know what's scary? Now that you mention it, I think we did the exact same thing at our school. I remember the librarian would be *ANGRY*. And (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Three (3) things: (...) Firstly, I knew that a post concerning a classic computer system would incur a reasonable amount of nostalgia. And thus instigate someone to provide a detailed background sketch with an *abundance of info. Of which I'm duly (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well the computer lab at my high school (which I will not disclose) only had one lab, and that was all ICON II's (I believe). They were "hand-me-downs" from another highschool higher in the "resource chain". The computers were fun in a lot of (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Richard Noeckel" <Shroud_of_kung_fu@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GsGMEt.4xp@lugnet.com... (...) guessing (...) totally (...) That's cool! I started Grade 9 in I think 1995. I think that's all I remember. I think I started Kindergarten in 1985 (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ~The 94-95 term, or the 95-96? I think I was in the 1994-95... (I may be a few months older then you!) (And therefore, a year ahead...) -R (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) now I feel really old.... :) (of course it doesn't help starting a year late...) started school in sept/1980, and graduated public school in 1989. Was supposed to start in 1979, but couldn't go to school for a year due to ear problems. I (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I was a fetus at that time… :p --==Richard==-- (Born Nov of 1980) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) that is just soooo funny.... :) what's sad is I was born in December, 1974. At least if I ever decide to get a PHD in Accounting, and become a university professor, I'll at least (hopefully) look mature enough for the role....if I ever decide (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Richard Noeckel" <shroud_of_kung_fu@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GsH1ws.D5E@lugnet.com... (...) Oh that's priceless. I just knocked my soccer robot off the table, in a fit of giggles. (...) Aha! You're more than a year older than me. Iain (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Jeez, what does that make me? (born 1965 - might as well be 1695) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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