Classic Computers vs. Classic Computing

Rumor has it that Tony Duell may have mentioned these words: [snip] T>> > Since you can't (usefully) take a soldering iron to an emulator, it T>> > explains why I am not interested in them. Sure you can -- you can use them to disassemble the "fecal matter" that passes for a computer nowadays & reuse the jumpers/switches/headers/etc. to rebuild *good* computers! Too bad there isn't more 74-series chips on the boards nowadays... [snip] Tony, I'd prefer to modify this slightly: "Let's have a more diverse range of *On-Topic* stuff here..." I'll admit I paid no attention to this list some time back (4-5 years ago) because 80% of the posts were about VAXen -- That was a few years before I had one, and at the time they interested me little. I didn't post about what I enjoyed because of this, which was foolish. Nowadays, tho, I'd *love* to see 80% of the posts on this list about VAXen -- even if I still didn't have one. And, IIRC the list started in '95 or '96... I *might* have some archives on CD at home which could shed more light... Laterz, "Merch" -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig. If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.