22 May
2024
22 May
'24
6:32 p.m.
On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 10:19 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
It's a slog, but if you can make it through Gordon
Bell's book, "Computer
Structures Readings and Examples" you realize Gordon is a "father of
vintage computing", in addition to his involvement with the first computer
museum in Boston. He knew better than anyone the historical significance
of computing well before the term "vintage computer" existed.
And there is that stuff he did at DEC....
Bill
He really is. Perhaps "Grandfather" is more appropriate. His and his wife
Gwen's (god rest her soul as well) personal collecting and the museum at
DEC was the basis for the Boston Computer Museum, which effectively went
west and became the Computer History Museum.
Sellam