23 May
2024
23 May
'24
6:54 p.m.
The MCM/70 was a Canadian invention though not certain it was a 'first' in
the microcomputer world. Some say the Kenbak 1 was. The Altair 8800, as I
argue, the first to reach a large audience. It demonstrated what was
possible to non-computer people.
Happy computing,
Murray :)
On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 9:36 PM Mike Katz via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
When my wife (now my ex-wife) told me during a move
that my 2 PDP-8/E
racks were not going to the new apartment because there wasn't room for
her roll top desk and my computer. And told me "they go or you go with
them but they are not moving with us", I should have seen the signs and
gone with them.
That would have saved me a bunch of money in the divorce AND I would
still have those beautiful PDP-8's.
I'm still trying to recover from that one.
On 5/23/2024 7:04 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, 23 May 2024, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
I couldn't wait to show it to a female
working in my section. She
dropped by my apartment, took one look at the thing sitting on my
kitchen table and burst out laughing. "That's not a computer; it's a
toy!" was her withering reaction.
I don't know if my male ego ever recovered from that. And I *hated* the
DRAM boards.
Be very thankful that it was before you had more invested in the
relationship.
I almost failed to heed the warning (although FAR less personally
humiliating), when a new interest thought that "Hitchhiker's guide To
The Galaxy" was "stupid".
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com