4 Dec
2010
4 Dec
'10
11:40 a.m.
Some could argue that our preference for
"obsolete" electronic technology
is a manifestation of a "baby duck syndrome".
I wonder...
In particualr, I wonder what proportion of us now actively collect
machines that we either used when younger, or at least wanted to own when
younger.
In my case, I'd heard of the PDP11 before I owened one, but knew nothing
about them really. And in the case of PERQs, HP9800s, and several other
machines I now seriously owrk on, I had never heard of them before I got
my first one. However, a little time looking inside them convinced me of
the beauty of the design
-tony