Comments on: “PLAYER PIANO” ROLL Controls Sky Sign / Tiny Ford Has 10 Horsepower (Mar, 1935) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/03/03/player-piano-roll-controls-sky-sign-tiny-ford-has-10-horsepower/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: nlpnt http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/03/03/player-piano-roll-controls-sky-sign-tiny-ford-has-10-horsepower/comment-page-1/#comment-1066367 nlpnt Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:18:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7306#comment-1066367 Someone didn't know the difference between RAC/SAE taxable horsepower and "real" horsepower- the British Ford "Ten" engine delivered 30 of the latter (at least in early-postwar form). Someone didn’t know the difference between RAC/SAE taxable horsepower and “real” horsepower- the British Ford “Ten” engine delivered 30 of the latter (at least in early-postwar form).

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/03/03/player-piano-roll-controls-sky-sign-tiny-ford-has-10-horsepower/comment-page-1/#comment-1066308 Toronto Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:19:54 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7306#comment-1066308 Wasn't it the KIM that a certain Mr. Gates targeted for his sub-1K BASIC interpreter? But this article is more of a player piano/Jacard loom deal. Wasn’t it the KIM that a certain Mr. Gates targeted for his sub-1K BASIC interpreter?

But this article is more of a player piano/Jacard loom deal.

]]> By: Rick Auricchio http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/03/03/player-piano-roll-controls-sky-sign-tiny-ford-has-10-horsepower/comment-page-1/#comment-1066305 Rick Auricchio Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:17:07 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7306#comment-1066305 In the late 70s/early 80s in Silicon Valley, there was a pilot using a similar sign system. I heard it was a KIM-1 evaluation kit (The MOS Technology 6502) running the lights. (The 6502 later achieved widespread use in the Apple-][.) In the late 70s/early 80s in Silicon Valley, there was a pilot using a similar sign system. I heard it was a KIM-1 evaluation kit (The MOS Technology 6502) running the lights. (The 6502 later achieved widespread use in the Apple-][.)

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