Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN Date: 9 Mar 2025 07:07:13 GMT Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <20250227080310.0000604d@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net WaDBA0sGcBbiMl7zTr1xCAo1VCit/ixqcx2ntBXfdd8/4oXNp1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:1EiO/B/WdIChHr5yTWsJAFpyqiQ= sha256:N5PHmWeWTrRQA92jXkRuDrp9EjOuWmlUBYt0s1H1S6M= User-Agent: Pan/0.160 (Toresk; ) Bytes: 2113 On Sun, 9 Mar 2025 00:20:19 -0500, c186282 wrote: > There's a huge tome called the "ARRL Radio Amateur's Handbook" > (sometimes several small tomes) that cover just EVERYTHING that is or > ever was in comm tech - from iron-filing 'detectors' and mechanical > sine-wave generators on up. Had one, lost it somewhere, very sad. > Vast practical knowledge between those covers. I think mine is from '92. You need to start a little simpler though. How about a spark gap generator sending Morse code with a receiver built from a lead pencil and a Gillette Blue Blade? Early tech is fun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Rhinebeck_Aerodrome The last time I was there was in the '80s. A guy had built a Bleriot; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bl%C3%A9riot_XI It uses wing warping rather than ailerons. I asked him how he learned to fly it and he said you keep taxing a little faster and getting a few feet higher off the ground until you decide to go for it.