16 Oct
2016
16 Oct
'16
1:49 p.m.
I don't think I have any other wooden computers
yet. The seller had an
interesting tale about the origin of the wood in these particular
computers. As the legend goes, the father of one of the principals of
Processor Technology had a contract to remove wharfs from along the
Mississippi river, which happened to be made of black walnut. And thus,
the SOL-20 received stylish black walnut side panels, hopefully without
too much lingering wharf smell. I don't know if the tale is true, but I
have chosen to believe it.
"This was real. This was more real even than reality. This was history. It
might not be true, but that had nothing to do with it." - Terry Pratchett
"Wyrd Sisters"
On the other hand, the wood top for the Northstar Horizon was plywood from
Ashby Lumber.