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Adding Hanger Types to HydraLIST

If you want to use a new type of hanger, or are a fab shop that gets a job from a contractor that uses a hanger type that you do not have, it is easy to add that new hanger type to your own machine. A hanger is an assembly, and an assembly is just…

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Recently our previous blog service (Typepad) ended their business – so, we have a new home. It will take a bit to get images back and displaying properly, but we are working on it! Final pageview count of original Typepad blog: 387,232

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Using a Non-Standard Pipe Type in HydraCALC

A customer called today asking how to enter a 1″ black plastic underground pipe for the calc. This particular situation sounded unique enough that I did not tell him to add that pipe type to our database, as I would have if he expected to see this pipe type used repeatedly. I told him to…

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For the old timers out there (like me) – 30 Old Computer Ads

It is always fun when a new technology comes out because, well, everything is new. And,there are always a lot of choice until Darwin whittles them down to the survivors. Plus you young punks think you know it all but you really missed out on all the fun 🙂

30 Old Computer Ads

Take the Franklin Ace1200 special features:

Apple II-compatible
128K of RAM
Built-in floppy disk drive
80 column card (note: no monitor included)
Serial interface
Parallel interface
Upper and lower case (sounds like an infomercial – "You get your upper AND your lower case keys – not just one!)
Numeric pad

I miss the fun of the first three color game, or first game with sound…

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