13 Jan
2003
13 Jan
'03
2:41 p.m.
On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, William Donzelli wrote:
I haven't. I always accepted the machine (much to the chagrin of my
poor mother ;)
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I curse this
day --> Back in college (many years ago, about 1983, before I
got into collecting), I went to the apartment of a fellow compsci major to
quell some beer. In the middle of his living room was a complete IBM system
3, in perfectly mint condition. He told me I could have it if I could get it
out of there. Idiot me said "You gotta be kidding - no thanks". *SIGH*
This seems to be a good test to see if you are an official old-timer in
the computer collecting hobby - passing up a free machine that today
people would kill for.
I have been there, many times (IBM, Amdahl, DG). How about others?