In search of Christopher Willis

LOL I have a teletype and all the original receipts, manuals and service bulletins. Times are changing. Of course I got it and a big stash of other stuff from someone who left it at my brother's house during a divorce. He disappears and after 15 years or so I got it. I have been picking up the odd piece here and there just because they are cheap and here seems to be a market for them. I never heard of a BBS. It ranks up there with butter churn parts and knowledge of how to crank start a car. It is good to know but it is not something you'd run across - well except here. It is interesting to think of all the detailed knowledge lost throughout history as it simply had no use and was not preserved. Computing has gone the path of automobiles. The first generation of owners were hobbyists, mechanics and it evolved into an everyday thing. They have become collectible the same as baskets, old weather vanes and Stickley chairs. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe" <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 6:55 PM Subject: Re: In search of Christopher Willis