17 Jan
1999
17 Jan
'99
11 a.m.
If you want something to last 100 years, DONT't leave a Toshiba. I've got
one, and it won't even last one year without breaking. I've had it for
three years, and it's been in the repair shop 10 times, all because of
product defects.
The best would probably be one of the new Gateway laptops (can't remember
the model). It also has a magnesium housing.
--
-Jason Willgruber
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#: 1730318
<http://members.tripod.com/general_1>
Ya know - the people at GRiD seem to have had a good idea about the
magnesium casing...It just didn't catch on quick enough.
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug <doug(a)blinkenlights.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, January 17, 1999 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: Disasters and Recovery
On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Chuck McManis wrote:
One of the reasons I want to have a completely
spec'd Pentium class
computer is to create an archive that will survive a reasonable amount of
time (100 years in a time capsule).
Don't leave them a clunky desktop box, leave them something like a sleek
Toshiba Portege 3010 (3lb notebook in magnesium case) along with a solar
cell so they can fire the thing up when they pull it out of the capsule.
Remove all batteries, of course.
-- Doug