OT: Language for the ages

[Jules Richardson]

Tony Duell wrote:
>>Actually, the beams used for the BBC Buggy (which is of course F-T) are 
>>metal of some flavour rather than plastic, so they've been around that 
> 
> Those are the ones I am refering to.
> 
> Point is, much of my F-T is well over 30 years old now, so the BBC Buggy 
> is what I'd call 'modern' :-)

heh, fair call :)

>>Your comments make me wonder what the history of the buggy was though - 
>>did it start out as a F-T kit in its own right, or was it a joint effort 
> 
> 
> AFAIK it was never an F-T product. F-T never used stepper motors, and if 
> they had they would not have fitted them with screws through the grouves 
> of the blocks.

Yep, some aspects of it seem a little bodgy - but then the PCB's quite 
nice if I remember, and the curved clear 'lid' was a pretty good job. 
The whole thing seemed halfway between a F-T product and someone's 
bedroom hack :-)

(Incidentally, I need to find suitable replacement tyres for Bletchley's 
buggies; they've nearly all decayed now - not sure if rubber O-rings 
would work or be of the wrong substance and therefore too slippy. Yet 
another job to get around to at some point!)

cheers

Jules