On 15 Jan 2010 at 13:23, Dave McGuire wrote:
After typing that, it occurred to me that there are
actually
people here who only do this for recreational purposes, and there are
actually people here who had never seen or used (say) a PDP-11 when
they were current technology. I suppose I need to wrap my brain
around those concepts.
Indeed. One of the things that I ask myself when a piece of old gear
presents itself is "What would I use it for now?". "Parts" is
usually the only answer that makes sense.
--Chuck