my drafting stuff

computer related items
	The IBM flowchart template: once uniquitious on every programmer's desk, The edge rulers are cm, inches in 1⁄10, inches in ⅛, the grid is 10 to the inch IBM part # GX20-8020-1 (2-75) for ISO 1028, ANSI X3.5-1970
	A Sperry Rand Univac flowcharting template UD1-723 (Rev 12-67) The top edge ruler is in inches: 10ths and 8ths. The bottom edge rulers are in cm, punched card estimate.
other templates
	The Ames lettering guide is amazingly versitile better than the lettering triangle
	The electronic template is now obsolete to CAD/CAM.
	The mad scientist in me adored the chemistry apparatus
	This was required for a high school geometry class
	Hebrew template, from my Technion trip the frame keeps it off the paper for inking
	An odd lettering template where you had to combine the strokes. For those of us who could not afford the K&E Leroy lettering instrument.
	For perfect arrows, boxes, triangles and highway signs, every time. The little clear rubber feet on the Pocket Pal lift it from the paper so ink does not crawl underneath.
	even 30 years later, drafting ink on vellum looks good as new
	Ink won't smear with these adhesive dots and strips under the template.
Pens! Pens! Pens!
	Staedtler Mars drafting pens were my first pen set and still my favorite for nice touches such as build in nib removal tool and strong barrel. I'd prefer a knurled grip instead of fluted, but that's okay. Calcomp 565 plotters used Mars nibs.
	Koh-i-noor Rapidograph technical pens & sets are still popular with artists
	Tombow is yet another choice
Pencils
	My Koh-i-noor Rapidomatic thin lead holder is still my favorite it's RED with a metal knurled grip and lead degree indicator!
	China markers are still popular because they're removeable (unlike permanent Sharpie markers). The tiny Listo lead container's directions are VERY DEMANDING to assure you open it correctly!
Rub On Letters
	Before word processing and the Brother P-Touch Labeling System we used rub-on letters and symbols by Letraset, Prestyle or QuikStik or a Kroy Lettering Machine
	The burnisher is the preferred tool for rubbing on the letters.

The Musicomp was a computer used specifically for notating music.
It consisted of two keyboards. The left keyboard set the pitch while the right keyboard contained music symbols and letters.
The music appeared on the screen, and the machine could store up to 30 pages of music in a microcassette.
The Musicomp was used to provide ready-to-publish scores for several publishing companies.

The history of Computer Music at the University of Illinois begins in 1955, with Lejaren Hiller and a machine called the ILLIAC I. Hiller, with help from Leonard Isaacson, used this machine to compose the "Illiac Suite," which was one of the first pieces of music to be written with the aid of a computer.