Thanks, Chris. Most of the old electro-mechanical systems have now been
replaced with computer displays, and automated. The old video systems were
massive. The engineer in the foreground worked for General Electric Space
Systems. He and I worked several tests together.
You might also notice that I had hair at one time, though it had already
started receding. ;~)
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Some Nostalgia
> Thanks, Jim. The first one is a good one.
>
> But the second is more interesting, of course. I like to see the clothing
> from back then, and the haircuts. And the display technology is very like
> much of the gear in the aviation medicine control rooms, until recently,
> at least.
>
> Chris
>
> On 17 Feb 2012, at 18:31, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> While looking through some old images, I found a couple that brought back
>> memories.
>>
>> One of my first successful images, with a Brownie. This was taken at the
>> Dayton Art Institute in 1951.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Dayton+Art+Institute+1951+edit.jpg.html
>>
>> During the 1950s, I spent many a night as a project engineer on various
>> wind tunnel tests. This was a control room scene from one of those
>> nights. Yours truly is adjusting the video monitor.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Control+Room+Scene+1950s.jpg.html
>
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