16 Jun
2004
16 Jun
'04
11:24 a.m.
On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 12:19, Fred Cisin wrote:
Meanwhile, on the other end of the campus, the electronics
department also had a PDP-11, but the electronics department
was soon being closed down because the administration believed
that "NOBODY ever repairs anything anymore". The administration
dumpstered the computer! One of the teachers salvaged it from
the dumpster(s) in violation of school rules and policies. But he
was having major problems of his own (divorce, moving, lack of storage
space, lack of money to rent space,...) so he stuck the stuff into his
back yard, intending to do something with it "right away", ... and the
computer stuff stayed in his back yard until what was left of it was
rescued a few months ago.
Was it really a few months ago? :-) My how time flies!
But it's good to know where it all came from and a bit of history behind
it.
Thanks.
--
TTFN - Guy