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[Airborne01]

A very belated welcome from me mate
Steve

 

[Dave Ward]

looking at what seem to be the signal flags, it occurs to me that the Japanese signallers must have had to learn the western alphabet before they started- same with Morse code I assume?

The Imperial Japanese Navy was heavily influenced by the Royal Navy, many officers were trained in the UK - most of their early ships were UK built -the Mikasa was built at Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness, 1900. The IJN followed the same practises as the RN, rank structure & even uniform.
The signal flags are international - they can be used to spell out messages, but single flags have specific meanings, whatever the language for example -
Papa - The blue Peter.
In harbour: All persons should report on board as the vessel is about to proceed to sea.
At sea: It may be used by fishing vessels to mean: "My nets have come fast upon an obstruction."
Combinations of flags ( not spelling out any word ) can signal complex messages, that can be understood by all mariners, whatever their language
Dave

 

[Tim Marlow]

The Imperial Japanese Navy was heavily influenced by the Royal Navy, many officers were trained in the UK - most of their early ships were UK built -the Mikasa was built at Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness, 1900. The IJN followed the same practises as the RN, rank structure & even uniform.
The signal flags are international - they can be used to spell out messages, but single flags have specific meanings, whatever the language for example -
Papa - The blue Peter.
In harbour: All persons should report on board as the vessel is about to proceed to sea.
At sea: It may be used by fishing vessels to mean: "My nets have come fast upon an obstruction."
Combinations of flags ( not spelling out any word ) can signal complex messages, that can be understood by all mariners, whatever their language
Dave

Very interesting Dave. When I was in Japan a few years ago I was amazed to find that the railway employees, even on bullet trains, still wear immaculate fifties style British railway uniforms, including cap and breast badges with job titles like Guard and Driver. Quite strange I thought, slightly wonderful though.

 

[Bri62]

Also one of the few countries that drive on the same side of the road as us

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Twenty years ago I visited Mikasa and took stacks of photos; actual not digital. White Ensign put them on a cd-rom, with the thought to putting them with a detail set for the 1/350 kit put out at the time. I've still got the negatives and pics, but I'll have to see if the cd is still accessible, if you're interested for reference

 

[Bri62]

Twenty years ago I visited Mikasa and took stacks of photos; actual not digital. White Ensign put them on a cd-rom, with the thought to putting them with a detail set for the 1/350 kit put out at the time. I've still got the negatives and pics, but I'll have to see if the cd is still accessible, if you're interested for reference

That would be awesome how would I access the cdrom ? maybe get it transferred to a memory stick (usb)

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Well, perhaps not surprisingly, given that there have been like ten updates to Windows, none of which are reverse compatible, our PC won't even recognise the CD-ROM to access it. No wonder records just evaporate
Curse you Gates!

This being the case...

Here's some scans of the first of the 72 pictures!
I may have to scan the whole lot again, and perhaps PM them on to you?

This may take a while...
Also, somewhere (it may be in the Hasegawa Tsushima Centenary kit box) I've got the guide book, from 20 years ago. that's got a few more pics too I can scan
If it's where it's supposed to be...

 

[Bri62]

That would be great

 

[stillp]

Well, perhaps not surprisingly, given that there have been like ten updates to Windows, none of which are reverse compatible, our PC won't even recognise the CD-ROM to access it. No wonder records just evaporate
Curse you Gates!

That's strange Chris, I've got CDs dating back to Windows 98 that are still readable on my Windows 10 64-bit system.
Pete

 

[Bri62]

I don't even own a cdrom drive it went out with the floppy drive

 

[Guest]

Also one of the few countries that drive on the same side of the road as us

Yeah, just the UK, Japan, and 73 others

our PC won't even recognise the CD-ROM to access it. No wonder records just evaporate
Curse you Gates!

Are you sure it’s not bitrot affecting the disc? Windows updates should have no effect at all on whether or not the computer will recognise a CD-ROM — unless, for some ungodly reason, Microsoft decided to remove CD-ROM support entirely, but that would be a very stupid move.

Easy way to check: Does the CD-ROM in question work in another computer? Does another CD-ROM work in your computer? Does a CD-ROM that works in another computer, work in yours? That should quickly resolve whether the problem is with your computer or not, and if it is with yours, try hooking up another CD-ROM player to it to see whether it’s a hardware problem.

 

[Bri62]

Yeah, just the UK, Japan, and 73 others :smiling3:

all former colonies :smiling3:

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

I've tried two different CD-ROMs so far, neither of which the computer even notices. They run up when it closes, but nothing appears on the toolbar for a disc being even present
I could see what works with my brother-in-law's machine. We've tried swapping info on USBs between them, and that doesn't always work

I'll get back on this

In the meantime, I'll see about scanning stuff. May be a couple of days, but I'll see what I can send to you directly, Brian

 

[Dave Ward]

Never thought about CDs - all my backups were on DVD-R. Just tried a music CD & that works OK on my Windows 11 PC. Most of my music CDs were converted to MP4 files & live in a rarely opened cupboard.............
Dave

 

[Guest]

all former colonies :smiling3:

Many, yes, but that’s far from the only countries that drive on the left.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic