On Generations of People and Computers

On Sat, 19 Apr 1997, Barry Peterson wrote: Um, I don't want to rain on anyone's birthday, but there hasn't been a whole lot of classic computer discussion going on this past week with everyone sounding off about their age. I recommend checking out Doug Coward's classic computer museum at: http://www.best.com/~dcoward/museum He's got a nice diverse selection of old computers and stuff and a lot of pictures. Some of the systems he has I have absolutely never heard of, and they are just beautiful (it's nice being able to actually see them). He also has little tidbits of history for some companies. It's cool that there are so many people interested in classic computers. I hope someday we can have conventions where we can get together to discuss the preservation of the machines much like we are discussing in this mailing list. We could have workshops on how to store data medium, how to repair blown components on the motherboard, we could have trading zones for people who need to get system software for the various computers they have, and then their would be people buying/selling/trading their old computers. Hmmm...this would be a cool thing. Maybe when I have 26 hours in a day I will organize the first one. What do you all think? Sam ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass