10 Dec
1998
10 Dec
'98
11:27 a.m.
It was thus said that the Great Uncle Roger once
stated:
Yes, I think the historical context is important - which machines
did they compete against, who did they believe were their best customers,
what were they wrong about, why did they succeed or fail, and the
all important "Don't forget, at this time, XYZ hadn't been invented
yet."
- John
I have a chance to speak with the designers of some of the machines in my
collection. But other than the basic "when was it intro'd, what are the
specs, what did it cost" stuff, what should I ask? What sorts of stories,
info, etc. should I be trying to preserve?
Why did you use <insert CPU> instead of <insert other popular CPU at the
time>? How long did it take to design? What was the indended market? What
was the actual market? Stuff like that.