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@gloriouscow I think I’ve seen these, used for lettering on draft plot?
@peterrenshaw yeah! See one in action:
youtu.be/NUR3vtlyZNo?t=28
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@peterrenshaw yeah! See one in action:
youtu.be/NUR3vtlyZNo?t=28
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@gloriouscow Laying out the components and traces for the board would still be described as "producing artwork". I don't know when CAD fully displaced tape+ink, but in 1984 I think it's plausible manual drafting still in use.
The Internet Archive has a copy of Darryl Lindsey's PCB design book from 1982. I can only see the TOC but it describes both manual and then-new CAD techniques. It might have descriptions or photos of equipment you could match to the photo you have.
@hattifattener i hope she didn't actually tape out the PCB because she seems like a nice lady and I would hate to have said all those bad things about her
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Anyone recognize the apparatus this woman is using?
I suspect she's at a drafting table, and this is some sort of digitizer based on the corded puck she has in her right hand.
edit: She is doing PCB design work, and timeframe is 1983.
@gloriouscow Boosted for my tiny ass reach. I want to know too dammit!
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It may not be a digitizer - closest i've gotten is this Nestler Florett digital drafting machine. You can see this is a more modern version, but it shows that such things did have control boxes with an LCD and controls on them.
curse you tiny promising contextless jpeg!!
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curse you tiny promising contextless jpeg!!
@gloriouscow What is the chance it is just a calculator?
Drafting requires a lot of precise measurements, so I could see being able to calculate, say a 50m span with 3 x 0.75m columns, spaced evenly (it is around 12m openings, but not quite 12m)
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@gloriouscow What is the chance it is just a calculator?
Drafting requires a lot of precise measurements, so I could see being able to calculate, say a 50m span with 3 x 0.75m columns, spaced evenly (it is around 12m openings, but not quite 12m)
@SnyperWolf it could be, would be a rather bigass calculator.
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@SnyperWolf it could be, would be a rather bigass calculator.
@SnyperWolf watch that rectangular thing not be a screen at all. The brain fills in a lot of details...
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@gloriouscow What is the chance it is just a calculator?
Drafting requires a lot of precise measurements, so I could see being able to calculate, say a 50m span with 3 x 0.75m columns, spaced evenly (it is around 12m openings, but not quite 12m)
@gloriouscow Or, I guess in terms of PCB design, 8 wire bus width running between two chips?
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@SnyperWolf it could be, would be a rather bigass calculator.
@gloriouscow Like the calculators from the 70s?
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@gloriouscow Like the calculators from the 70s?
@SnyperWolf this is from 1971. I can't find any examples of anything in that form factor
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@gloriouscow Laying out the components and traces for the board would still be described as "producing artwork". I don't know when CAD fully displaced tape+ink, but in 1984 I think it's plausible manual drafting still in use.
The Internet Archive has a copy of Darryl Lindsey's PCB design book from 1982. I can only see the TOC but it describes both manual and then-new CAD techniques. It might have descriptions or photos of equipment you could match to the photo you have.
@hattifattener checked out the book - super cool! didn't see any hits but i definitely need a copy of this for my library
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