R. D. Davis provided this good advice (from experience ?)
And, let's not forget to insist that the judge
address you as "your
royal holiness of technology preservation." Refuse to address the
court without being bowed to. Insist that the judge, and everyone
else, who doesn't collect computers, waits for the royal wave from you
before they speak. Lastly, when asked any computer-related questions,
insist that you be allowed to consult your followers and members of
your extended royal family, the classiccmp group. If they attempt to
charge you with contempt of court, plead permanent insanity (remember,
insanity is a good thing). When they try to cart you away to the
funny farm, claim that you're not mentally unstable, just eccentric,
but not crazy like everyone else who doesn't preserve vast quantities
of computers. Swear on the Weeks and James book "Eccentrics," and a
stack of holy 7th Edition UNIX source code, that it's the truth. ;-)
To which Rich (who never learned when to remain silent) replied
This could work as long as I was careful not to quote any CP/M commands,
" Yes your Honor, pip pip findbad movcpm. And furthermore, alias sub and
era", one way ticket to 72 hours observation.
Rich