Cydrome Leader fired this volley in news:np04c9
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They designed all the complex mechanical nonsense out of the product. As
it turns out, none of that complexity was really needed in the first
place.


But, "complexity" is not a part of an elegant mechanical design! Folks
design stuff based on their "art" at the time. Elegance in mechanics
peaked about 1930... It has gone down-hill ever since.urk!

Lloyd