8 Apr
2001
8 Apr
'01
3:12 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com>
To: "Classic Computers Mailing List"
<classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: just outta curiosity
On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, bill claussen wrote:
One of the things I am doing to promote appreciation of
old computers and
computer history amongst the younger generation is
preparing a
mini-lecture on computer history that I plan to give
at
local schools (for
free of course). My idea is to show them how we got
to
where we are today
with computing technology, for example showing them an
evolution of disk
drive technology by comparing a ZIP drive to a
3.5" to a
5.25" to an 8" to
My APPLE ][ plus came with CP/M manuals. Reading them I
found a reference to the new mini diskettes, they were
referring to 5.25" floppies.
Browsing in used book stores this weekend I found TI,
heathkit, Intel and Motorola chip reference books and a
manual for my Amstrad 1640. I'm afraid that many of the
older machines won't even be recognised as an old computer
by people who started out with a Pentium. When I ask if
they have any old hardware they say that they had a Pentium
100 but it was too old and they threw it out.