18 Jun
2004
18 Jun
'04
8:23 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: List charter mods & headcount... ;-)
Actually I started because I realised that unless
_somebody_ started
preserving these old machines then 30 years of history was going to get
lost. And rather than simply say that, I started grabbing all I could
find. Particularly minicomputers.
-tony
True.
It makes me realise that old Isaac Asimov was not too far off the mark with
his visions of a future when no-one understood how the machines worked .
Geoff.