5 Oct
1998
5 Oct
'98
8:24 a.m.
On Sun, 4 Oct 1998, Lawrence Walker wrote:
> I was just looking thru a Tab book from 1988 on byo comps. and the author
> mentions a Tony Cole as head of a mother board supplier the V.I.P.C. Company.
> Wonder if it's the same guy before his Cray notoriety.
On Sun, 4 Oct
1998, Sam Ismail wrote:
Certainly not.
Really?
I bought a VIPC generic clone from Tony Cole for a friend, long, long ago.
I had a Computer Faire booth across the aisle from him when he had built
a "super clone" with gold plated case that got him a LOT of free ink and
magazine cover pictures.
I remember the newsbit when he got his first Cray in an auction.
He recognized me, said hello, and told me about VCF at Foothill
(although there is no reason to assume that he would have remembered my
name).
Sure SEEMED like the same guy.
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