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(re: http://www.cathodecorner.com/sonny.jpg) Yes indeed, and I did! Man I wish I had all the junk I bought from there... -----Forwarded Message----- From: David Forbes <> To: Tom Jennings &lt;tomj(a)wps.com&gt; Subject: Re: Would you buy a used PDP-8 from this man? Date: 14 Jan 2004 13:37:17 -0700 Tom, This photo is scanned in from the October 1982 issue of National Geographic magazine, which I just found at the thrift store. It has an article about The Chip, and another about Silicon Valley. Humorous reading. The guy with the bowtie is Sonny Monosson of American Used Computer in Boston MA. I remember you saying that you used to go there now and then in your youth. I remember getting their ads in the late seventies, when I was using PDP-11s in high school and college. I would drool over the possibility of getting an obsolete 11 for home use, but the shipping was so expensive back then. I imagine the power bill would be something to behold also. All I remember about the Heathkit LSI-11 I used at Optical Sciences is that it was slower, instruction for instruction, than the Z-80 I also used. -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com/