14 Jan
2010
14 Jan
'10
12:33 a.m.
On 1/13/2010 12:57 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
I am not at all convincced about that. People have a wonderful
self-repair system, classic computers tend not to. I'd rather suffer a
major injory than loose an irreplaceable classic computer...
And I always remember there are many more good hardware hackers (with
more being created all the time) than there are of some of the machines
we work on (with no more ever going to be produced).
-tony
Wow!
This gives me a new persepctive on Tony. Like the rugged men who tame
the impossible, who start journeys where the likelihood of return is
negligible, like those who are branded fearless or foolish, but never
undecided, there stands Tony Duell, EXTREME Computer Collector!
Of course, the Search for the Holy Grail's Black Knight comes to mind as
well ("Tis but a flesh wound!"), but I digress.
Whether one agrees or not, one has to admire the seriousness and
decisiveness. However, I'll remind myself to steer clear of any
requests from Tony to help move/rescue large computer equipment. I'm
most assuredly not that extreme.
Jim, could maybe get a hernia from moving his PETs, Brain
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