From: Ron (rojoha@adelphia.net)
Date: Sun Feb 06 2005 - 05:00:46 PST
Thank you Patrick, that makes perfect sense now.
On a tour of the 'Battle Management Room" at the Cape Cod PAVE PAWS 2
years ago, I was amazed to see the 5 tracking displays at the operating
stations were still 24 inch or so circular green/white screens with touch
pens and huge track balls mounted in a large steel hooded console, just like
they were 20 years previously on my first tour. You had to 'touch' the
'target' you're interested in to get info on a separate screen. Gee whiz
stuff 20 years before, but downright scary now.
The guide stated that they were due for upgrade last year to a 'more'
modern display along with new CPUs which would eliminate a couple of rooms
of hardware.
Another fascinating thing was the 'Red Phone'. If you saw it in a movie
you'd laugh. because it was just a chipped red painted metal box with ten
black pushbuttons with lights, a speaker grill and a very chipped and
battered old style (think 50's type) red painted handset.
Kind of like a prop you'd cobble together for your 5th graders school
play when he told you he needed it for tonight's performance.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Jankowiak" <recycler@swbell.net>
To: "Ron" <rojoha@adelphia.net>
Cc: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: 05 February, 2005 21:31
Subject: Re: [MV] Ebay seller
> That's a comment. I will try once again to explain it.
>
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