11 May
1998
11 May
'98
7:49 p.m.
Derek,
My name is Chris Halarewich and I live i Castlegar, BC, Canada (about
3 hours away from spokane wash about an hour away from the us/canada border.
At 04:50 PM 11/05/98 -0700, you wrote:
Derek,
There are at least a half-dozen or so active "Pacific Northwesterners"
on the list, located from Portland, OR up to Victoria/Vancouver B.C.
I'm in Seattle, and I'll let the others respond if they so desire. So,
you aren't alone, and there may be even more "lurking" out there.
Dave
D. Peschel wrote:
>
> ... and I wanted to introduce myself.
>
> I'm a student at the University of Washington; I subscribed to the list in
> hopes that there would be some local members. So far, I'm not sure.
Some
of
> your names are familiar from
alt.folklore.computers but many are new.
>
> I'm a computer-science major. Most CS majors here don't seem to be very
> interested in old machines, unfortunately. They must be dazzled by all the
> Windows NT machines we have (which were given to us by Intel and don't work
> very well, thanks to overstressed/inept/inconstant administration).
>
> I'll probably read more than I post -- I don't have detailed experience
with
> the popular machines, because I don't _have_
the popular machines,
because I
> live in a dorm room. But I do have experience
with the Apple ][, and a
Kaypro
> which I'm resurrecting (thanks to Don Maslin
and his awe-inspiring
collection
> of CP/M disks) and some HP calculators and some
emulators on my Macintosh.
>
> By "popular" I mean "popular with the readers of this list," not
"popular with
> people in general."
>
> So... who's from Washington? And BTW, is there a working Web
site/archive/FAQ
> for this group? I can't seem to connect to
the bothell machine, even
though
it's part
of my own school.
Thanks,
-- Derek