Hi MIKE.

25-Aug-03 08:11:54, MIKE ROSS wrote to Greg Mayman


 MR> "Greg Mayman" bravely wrote to "Mike Ross" (25
Aug 03  09:06:00)
 MR> --- on the heady topic of "WATTS UP? KILOWATT-HOUR M"
 GM>> Remember the "falling leaf" digital clocks that were driven by
 GM>> sync motors?

 MR> Those displays were a sort alphanumeric. The word digital only
 MR> applies but when some kind of computer counter logic circuit is
 MR> used. Otherwise things like mechanical odometers would be
 MR> considered digital.

 it's some sort of hybrid.. analoue displays are like the old display I've
 seen on water meters and power (kWh) meters long obsolete now) that used a
 little clock-hand like pointer for each digit (each hand had its own own
 circle so to read them you had to check the next digit to see if it was an
 almost... The main visible difference between 7.9 and 8.1 was the
 direction the tenths pointer points...  and what's worse every even
 numbered hand turns backwards.

they were tricky to read...

 -=> Bye <=-

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