2 Apr
1999
2 Apr
'99
11:29 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel(a)u.washington.edu>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, 3 April 1999 7:21
Subject: Re: Sickening Documentation
Well, "decus" is a Latin word. (I forget
what it means -- it's part of a
motto, "decus et tutamen". One translation could be "an ornament and a
safeguard", though I thought "an ARMAMENT and a shield" was the
translation.)
So there's an angle that would encourage keeping
the old name.
Compus is also latin. IIRC, it means "sound" in the the sense "non
compus
mentus"
(literally, "not of sound mind")
Cheers
Geoff Roberts