24 May
2003
24 May
'03
10:19 p.m.
On Sat, 24 May 2003, TeoZ wrote:
Anything can be learned if you have the documentation
of the machine in
question, and a good idea of the technology used up to the time the machine
was made. The problem I was trying to show is that the interface to the
machines has changed quite a bit, and in 50 to 100 years will probably
change quite a bit more. Put somebody that only knows a keyboard, mouse, and
supervga screen in front of a IMSAI 8080 and they wont know what to do.
But Tony's point is--and I agree--that it can be learned.
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