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From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: Did you see this simple handshake before 1970s ??
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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 19:18:12 GMT
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Mark Catan <catan@delphi.com> writes:
>An object is transferred between an upstream region and a
>downstream region when both stations are ready to transfer, then
>transfer is confirmed and the upstream station prepared to
>receive another object. This could decribe an assembly line,
>a signal system for railroad trains, a mail sorting system or
>a convenyance system. If you know of any such system built,
>proposed or written about before the 1970s (or the very early
>1970s) please drop me a line. Any leads could be helpful.

      This would apply to unsynchronized assembly lines with
transfer machines.  Look into 1950s Detroit engine block machining and
automated lines for artillery shell production during WWII.

					John Nagle
