Are IBM PCs classic?

----- Original Message ----- From: Huw Davies <H.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Sent: Tuesday, 18 May 1999 10:45 Subject: Are IBM PCs classic? And no water pump. Sniff. My first ever car was a bright orange 1949 2 door Morris Minor. My father bought it for me for the not unreasonable (for 1972) price of $50. This was also my first experience with a manual gearbox, had to teach myself how to drive it. (I learned, and had done my test, in an automatic) I had to rebuild the brakes (totally shot, including the seals) myself before I was allowed to put it on the road. It had had fibreglass repairs done to remove the worst of the rust and he paid another $30 to have the box chassis in front remetalled where it had literally corroded away. Gave it to a young lady two years later when I bought my $35 1956 Morris Oxford, from a wrecking yard. (It had more class: - it had a heater.) Cheers Geoff Roberts VK5KDR Computer Systems Manager Saint Mark's College Port Pirie, South Australia. Email: geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au netcafe(a)pirie.mtx.net.au ICQ #: 1970476