Not senility but rather an afflication known as CRS or "Can't Remember Shit" - I'm also 44 and it hits me regularly. Not old enough to have indulged the "bad acid" of Woodstock but there is definitely a ton of crap between my ears that occasionally has a problem in the recovery mode. :-) -----Original Message----- From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Douglas Quebbeman Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 5:50 AM To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org' Subject: RE: Whats a reasonable collection? Senility set in for me well before my current age of 44, so I could be wrong.... what i can be sure of is that the name of the MCA designer was a very familiar name to me as a micro enthusiast. -dq

I put some effort into the Peddle/MCA issue and found nothing yet. Personally I'd be mildly surprised if an individualist like CP would've been found at IBM at the time. I checked BYTEs 6/87,7/87 and found no mention of any architects. In general, IBM did not celebrate the individual above the team. Few counterexamples: John Cocke, Benoit Mandlebrot, ? I suppose a specialist could've found out more at a specialist event line a "Buscon" or the like. One fond memory of PS/2. A Demo by the executive Reiswig on none other than 'Computer Chronicles'. (note: Not by his assistant) Has anyone considered that the overhead of caring for 50+ computers may lead to an overtaxed memory? John A. P.S. IBM DX for Linux is on Tucows! (A Baby of mine) ---copy Senility set in for me well before my current age of 44, so I could be wrong.... what i can be sure of is that the name of the MCA designer was a very familiar name to me as a micro enthusiast. ---copy