9 Jan
1999
9 Jan
'99
9:37 a.m.
Many of the
people on the list are in the same category. In other words,
the list (which is supposed to be very single-minded) contains a number of
people who actually are single-minded (Tony Duell, Allison Parent, Megan
Gantry, Pete Turnbull, maybe others). This is good! Don't misunderstand
me. It's the way it's supposed to be.
I don't know what you mean by 'single-minded', but :
If you mean 'am only interested in one type of classic computer', then I
am _NOT_ single-minded. I may go on about PERQs, but that's only because
if I don't, then noone else will ;-). Looking around me I see a couple of
PERQs, an Apple ][, a TRS-80 Model 4, a PDP8/e, a PDP11/44, a couple of
IBM PC-family machines, etc. All of which get used. If you mean 'am only interested in classic
computers (in general), then
again NO. I have other interests (strange as though it may seem). All are
engineering/scientific - electronic design, robotics, clocks, model
engineering, radio, etc, etc. I just don't talk about them here as it's
not the right place to do so.
That's more like what I meant. Perhaps "on-topic" would have been a better
word to use than "single-minded" since that's what it boils down to.
-- Derek