Re: Search Google, 1960:s-style

From	"Stanley Daniel de Liver" <notagoodone@invalid.org.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers, comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: Search Google, 1960:s-style
Date	2012-12-17 19:58 +0000
Organization	Goods relieved.
Message-ID	<op.wpg8e6lb5cosae@dell3100> (permalink)
References	(12 earlier) <965e14b9-4278-40f9-aa3e-e7ac4769a815@hf3g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> <kadu4k$kfr$1@dont-email.me> <kafvpq$jr3$1@dont-email.me> <alpine.LNX.2.02.1212141538260.3758@darkstar.example.org> <61f5b422-e46d-497a-8377-7971b4215046@c14g2000vbd.googlegroups.com>

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On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:00:55 -0000, <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:

> On Dec 14, 3:40 pm, Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
>
>> For all the expense, and size, most of them are quite simple.  Some
>> controls, some electronics now, the motor in a washing machine, the
>> heating elements in an oven.  Yet often very bulky to work on, and  
>> nobody
>> is going to take it in to fix it, they require a serviceman to come to  
>> the
>> house.
>
> After usage for some time, repairing a major appliance isn't usually
> econonically justified.  Labor and parts are expensive, and it becomes
> cheaper just to get a new one.
>
> I don't think of an automatic washing machine was "quite simple".  It
> may be old technology, not as complex as an automobile, but it does
> various tasks fully automatically.  It knows how to fill the tub with
> water of the proper temperature, to stop filling when full, then start
> the wash cycle, to drain the water, knowing when to stop, then refill
> with rinse water, then draining and executing a spin cycle.  The
> controls engage and disengage multiple electrical-mechanical
> components in the course of that process.  There are some safety
> interlocks built in, too.  It has some measure of durability and
> reliability (commercial grade units have more ruggedness).
>
This is a standard Forth programming example!
Which I don't have to hand ATM.
Hopefully a Forther can post it.

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Re: Search Google, 1960:s-style "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <notagoodone@invalid.org.invalid> - 2012-12-17 19:58 +0000
  Re: Search Google, 1960:s-style Tarkin <tarkin000@gmail.com> - 2012-12-17 14:58 -0800
    Re: Search Google, 1960:s-style Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-12-17 22:34 -0800

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