17 Jan
1999
17 Jan
'99
7:47 a.m.
On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Chuck McManis wrote:
One of the reasons I want to have a completely
spec'd Pentium class
computer is to create an archive that will survive a reasonable amount of
time (100 years in a time capsule).
Don't leave them a clunky desktop box, leave them something like a sleek
Toshiba Portege 3010 (3lb notebook in magnesium case) along with a solar
cell so they can fire the thing up when they pull it out of the capsule.
Remove all batteries, of course.
-- Doug