Although this originally had been planned when Commodore first switched from the parallel IEEE-488 interface to a custom serial interface, hardware bugs in the VIC-20's 6522 VIA shift register prevented it from working properly.

Although the crystal semiconductor diode was popular before the thermionic diode, thermionic ( vacuum tube ) diodes and solid state ( semiconductor ) diodes were developed in parallel.

Although the Legacy DOM implementations were largely compatible since JScript was based on JavaScript, the DHTML DOM extensions were developed in parallel by each browser maker and remained incompatible.

Although, strictly speaking, U. S. film director D. W. Griffith was not part of the montage school, he was one of the early proponents of the power of editing — mastering cross-cutting to show parallel action in different locations, and codifying film grammar in other ways as well.

Although the problem is not known to be in NC, parallel algorithms with time superior to the Euclidean algorithm exist ; the best known deterministic algorithm is by Chor and Goldreich, which ( in the CRCW-PRAM model ) can solve the problem in O ( n / log n ) time with n < sup > 1 + ε </ sup > processors.

Although original plans called for all-Korean elections sponsored by the United Nations in 1948, Kim persuaded the Soviets not to allow the UN north of the 38th parallel.

Although verified at the time by a committee of the National Geographic Society, this claim has since been undermined by the 1996 revelation that Byrd's long-hidden diary's solar sextant data ( which the NGS never checked ) consistently contradict his June 1926 report's parallel data by over.

Although in many senses the centre operates as one community, it has parallel municipal governments and state government services.

Although the Oregon Treaty of 1846 settled the boundaries of US jurisdiction upon all lands south of the 49th parallel, the Provisional Government continued to function until 1849, when the first governor of Oregon Territory arrived.

Although the ray travels parallel to the length of the fiber, it is often called transverse mode since its electromagnetic vibrations occur perpendicular ( transverse ) to the length of the fiber.

Although never as popular as Super 8, the format existed in parallel.

Although the meanings are distinguishable in some contexts, both meanings of " symmetry " are related and discussed in parallel.

Although the 17-point agreement had provided for an autonomous administration led by the Dalai Lama, a " Preparatory Committee for the Autonomous Region of Tibet " ( PCART ) was established in 1955 to create a parallel system of administration along Communist lines.

Although disjointed and scattered when they have to cover a large space, fibroblasts when crowded often locally align in parallel clusters.

Although some of the themes of the novel may suggest an autobiographical element the author himself shrugs off at least one aspect of this parallel.

Although a non-uniform gravitational field cannot be exactly parallel, this approximation can be valid if the body is sufficiently small.

Although D ’ Arista and Schlesinger acknowledged the regulation of banks and the parallel banking system would end up only being “ comparable ,” their goal was to eliminate so far as possible the competitive advantages of the “ parallel ” or “ shadow ” banking market.

Although today its use is far more restricted, in the past the size and strength of kauri timber made it a popular wood for construction and ship building, particularly for masts of sailing ships because of its parallel grain and the absence of branches for much of its height.

Although never as popular internationally as Super 8, the format continued to live in parallel.

Although a serial link may seem inferior to a parallel one, since it can transmit less data per clock cycle, it is often the case that serial links can be clocked considerably faster than parallel links in order to achieve a higher data rate.

Although these interpersonal statuses are often, as in Hungary, called " common law marriage " they differ from true common law marriage in that they are not legally recognized as " marriages " but are a parallel interpersonal status, known in most jurisdictions as " domestic partnership ", " registered partnership ", " conjugal union " or " civil union " etc.

Although there are problems, known as embarrassingly parallel, that can be handled by entirely independent units, these problems are generally rare.

Although the ILLIAC travails ended in uninspiring results, attempts to understand the reasons for the difficulties of the ILLIAC IV architecture pushed forward research in parallel computing.

Although the use of water power gave way to steam power in many of the larger mills and factories, it was still used during the 18th and 19th centuries for many smaller operations, such as driving the bellows in small blast furnaces ( e. g. the Dyfi Furnace ) and gristmills, such as those built at Saint Anthony Falls, which uses the 50-foot ( 15 m ) drop in the Mississippi River.

Although the reciprocating steam engine is no longer in widespread commercial use, various companies are exploring or exploiting the potential of the engine as an alternative to internal combustion engines.

Although the volcano is quiescent at the present time, at the current active crater ( there are several former craters on Nea Kameni ), steam and carbon dioxide are given off.

Although he and the very-private Rogers openly became visible to the public as friends, and Washington was a frequent guest at Rogers ' New York office, his Fairhaven, Massachusetts summer home, and aboard his steam yacht Kanawha, the true depth and scope of their relationship was not publicly revealed until after Rogers ' sudden death of an stroke in May 1909.

" Although Rapp expressed concern that the town's location lacked a waterworks, the area provided an opportunity for expansion and access to markets through the nearby rivers, causing him to remark, " In short, the place has all the advantages which one could wish, if a steam engine meanwhile supplies what is lacking.

Although the principle of the crank had long been known, Pickard managed to obtain a 12-year patent in 1780 for the specific application of the crank to steam engines ; this was a setback to Boulton and Watt who got round the patent by applying the sun and planet motion to their advanced double-acting rotative engine of 1782.

Although such heaters are usually termed " boilers " in some countries, their purpose is usually to produce hot water, not steam, and so they run at low pressure and try to avoid actual boiling.

Although the fire is within an enclosed firebox ( steam engine ) | firebox, this is still an external combustion engine, as the exhaust gas and the steam working fluid are kept separate.

Although it was raining, steam trains of that era operated best in damp conditions.

Although the alternate timeline's history is similar to that of the real world, a crucial difference lies in technology, where most of the benefits of today's modern era are made possible in the early 1900s with the effective utilization of steam.

Although its first rumblings came in 1947 with the trial and conviction of the " Hollywood Ten ", the so-called Red Scare was truly gathering steam in the year 1950 with the espionage-related arrests of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and the trial of Alger Hiss.

Although the idea of running freight carts in tracks carved into rock dates back at least as far as ancient Greece and wooden-railed wagonways originated in Germany in the 16th century, the first use of steam locomotives was in Britain.

Although the lever safety valve was convenient, it was too sensitive to the motion of a steam locomotive.

Although deadweight safety valves had a short lifetime on steam locomotives, they remained in use on stationary boilers for as long as steam power remained.

Although showy polished brass covers over safety valves had been a feature of steam locomotives since Stephenson's day, the only railway to maintain this tradition into the era of pop valves was the GWR, with their distinctive tapered brass safety valve bonnets and copper-capped chimneys.

Although the original author of the song is unknown, Shosholoza is a traditional miner's song, originally sung by groups of men from the Ndebele ethnic group that travelled by steam train from their homes in Zimbabwe to work in South Africa's diamond and gold mines.

Although the rest of the branch was electrified by London Underground before operations were taken over from British Railways, trains on the section north of Epping continued to be hauled by steam locomotives as a separate shuttle service.

Although the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre's steam trains run on the sidings which were disconnected from the network in 1967, the station still has a working railway line passing through it which is also used for occasional special passenger trains from Aylesbury in connection with events at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.

Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of diesels was far less so.

Although Havok initially rebuffs her advances, hesitant to " start up again after " everything that happened between them, Lorna says that he needs to " blow off some steam " and the scene ends with them kissing.

Although the 13th Division and 7th ( Lahore ) Division hung on to their gains, the Turkish counter-attack had taken the steam out of the Anglo-Indian offensive.

Although the developments that enabled this transformation – roller spinning, the factory system and the industrial steam engine – often had Birmingham origins, they had little role in Birmingham's own expansion.