11 Apr
1997
11 Apr
'97
1:58 a.m.
In message <Pine.SUN.3.91.970411004904.4262A-100000(a)crl4.crl.com>you write:
Is this a generational thing? My first computer exposure what to a
mainframe in the late 70's, but my first computer was an 80's micro.
Are people in the 40+ age group more likely to have fond memories
of minis?
I think there will be a strong corrolation here. I started my computing
on my older brothers ZX80, I was 13 at the time. Thus I was brought up
on the home computer boom of the early eighties. These are the machines
I love to collect. Now, for me, the best machines are the ones that were
the complete failures.
I also like collecting Unix workstations because I have been programming
on Unix platforms for my entire working career. From what I remember I
think the desire to get a useable Unix machine at home (couldn 't afford
a PC to run Linux) is what got me started collecting.
I have got some PDP kit, but only because I couldn't see it go into a
skip, and the possibility that I may be able to get an early version on
Unix running on them. But as hardware goes they don't hold any nostalgic
interest for me.
--
Kevan
Old Computer Collector: <URL:http://staff.motiv.co.uk/~kevan/>