http://pflugervillepflag.com/2010/02/02/new-deadline-keeps-pflag-relevant/ Just another ACN Websites weblog Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:58:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://pflugervillepflag.com/2010/02/02/new-deadline-keeps-pflag-relevant/comment-page-1/#comment-11566 Jack Howe Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:37:20 +0000 http://pflugervillepflag.com/?p=1530#comment-11566 Before becoming a CWO in '86, I was a radioman (RM) and a "hot shot" RIXT operator for the USCG in Seattle 1981-84 and at USCG HQ in DC 1984-86. The hardware was built by Astronautics Corp. (They wanted me to work for them.) It felt a little like "Star Trek" sitting at the system console ("SC") also in a cold, sterile, raised deck COMMCEN. We also used an optical character reader for the DD-173 message forms; had 3 mag tape drives (T1,2,3); the storage module disk drive (SMDD); high & medium speed line printers (HSLP, MSLP); paper tape punch and reader (TP1, TR1). Wow...a blast from the past. Before becoming a CWO in ‘86, I was a radioman (RM) and a “hot shot” RIXT operator for the USCG in Seattle 1981-84 and at USCG HQ in DC 1984-86. The hardware was built by Astronautics Corp. (They wanted me to work for them.) It felt a little like “Star Trek” sitting at the system console (”SC”) also in a cold, sterile, raised deck COMMCEN. We also used an optical character reader for the DD-173 message forms; had 3 mag tape drives (T1,2,3); the storage module disk drive (SMDD); high & medium speed line printers (HSLP, MSLP); paper tape punch and reader (TP1, TR1). Wow…a blast from the past.

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