To clarify: I mean the swingy 'thingy' that uses a coil as magnetic pick and the amplifies the pulse and drives another coil which makes the 'thingy' move back and forth.<div>('Thingy' can be a dolphin jumping through a hop, golf player swinging, sailing boat etc...)<br>
<div>/s<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 July 2011 14:35, Cass Jones <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jones.cass@gmail.com">jones.cass@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
a cassio f-91?<br>
<br>
a pager of some type?<br>
<br>
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Synco Reynders<br>
<div class="im"><<a href="mailto:synco.reynders@gmail.com">synco.reynders@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> Digital watch?<br>
> /s<br>
><br>
> On 22 July 2011 14:31, Charles Manning <<a href="mailto:manningc2@actrix.gen.nz">manningc2@actrix.gen.nz</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Friday 22 July 2011 14:24:23 Cass Jones wrote:<br>
>> > Oh a pocket calculator the fx-82 I presume<br>
>><br>
>> Getting closer.<br>
>><br>
>> The FX-82 is not a single model. It is a family of models with different<br>
>> capabilities and different look and feel.<br>
>><br>
>> What I am looking for is a gizzmo that looks identical over the last many<br>
>> decades (except for different "Made In xxx" etc).<br>
>><br>
>> One manufacturer. One model. Looks exactly the same.<br>
>><br>
>> Hint3: If you have one you probably wear a tie.<br>
>><br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Charles Manning<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <<a href="mailto:manningc2@actrix.gen.nz">manningc2@actrix.gen.nz</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > > These are not the same gadget. They are different models made by<br>
>> > > different manufacturers.<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > The answer I want is a fully functional gizzmo made by the same<br>
>> > > manufacturer under the same model number for decades.<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > Hint 2: It has an LCD.<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > On Friday 22 July 2011 14:20:11 Synco Reynders wrote:<br>
>> > >> Light-bulb? Fuse? Spark-plugs? Torch? Door-bell? ...<br>
>> > >> Hoping to get atleast 1 chocolate fish ;-)<br>
>> > >> /s<br>
>> > >><br>
>> > >> On 22 July 2011 14:08, Charles Manning <<a href="mailto:manningc2@actrix.gen.nz">manningc2@actrix.gen.nz</a>><br>
>> > >> wrote:<br>
>> > >> > I hereby off a choc fish to the first correct answer to this<br>
>> > >> > question...<br>
>> > >> ><br>
>> > >> > In this crazy world we live in, electronic gadgets change all the<br>
>> > >> > time. Try to<br>
>> > >> > find something you bought last and you will find it has been<br>
>> > >> > replaced<br>
>> > >> > by a different model.<br>
>> > >> ><br>
>> > >> > There is, however, one electronic gadget that has been in<br>
>> > >> > production<br>
>> > >> > for a few<br>
>> > >> > decades. Same model. Same function. Still in production.<br>
>> > >> ><br>
>> > >> > What is it?<br>
>> > >> ><br>
>> > >> > Charles<br>
>> > >> ><br>
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