15 Oct
2016
15 Oct
'16
7:25 p.m.
On Oct 15, 2016, at 19:02, Sam O'nella
<barythrin at gmail.com> wrote:
Congratulations! Fun to find some of the wooden generation of computers. Keep us posted
on the restoration efforts (if any) :-)
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.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/