Altair - A different perspective - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

20 Aug 1998

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Subject: Re: Altair - A different perspective
Author:  classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu at internet
Date:    8/20/98 12:59 PM

 At 07:23 PM 8/19/98 +0100, you wrote:
...
   We had quite a
few when I was growing up (ds21's, mostly, including a 
 wagon) and they were maintained by a Citroen-only shop, but still, I'd  
Having seen the sort of work put out by Citroen Main Dealers in the UK, 
I'd sooner let a PC repairman fix one of my computers than let some of  
 Nah, these were frenchmen, (independents) known throughout the state as the 
 best in Citroens.  That's all they did.  They had no problem working on the 
 citroens and keeping them running.

 I, on the other hand, couldn't understand the inner or outer workings of 
 those vehicles.  I still think that whoever designed 'em must have been 
 jealous of swiss watchmakers, but with all the design skills of the 
 samsonite gorilla.

...
 > And to relate it to classic computers, it was
about 10 years ago that I
> drove through downtown SF in a Citroen with a flat tyre and Jerry Pournelle 
...

Oh, but Citroens are easy to change wheels on. That's what the highest 
position on the height controller is for....  
 Yeah, but you have to remove the (rear) fender to get the wheel off, (I'm 
 not kidding!) and who wants to do that when you've got (what I at the time 
 considered) a major celebrity in the car?  I limped along back to Moscone 
 and dropped everyone off before skulking off to a nearby parking lot...

 P.S., I still have scars on my right hand from another time working on 
 those #$&*@( things...  Give me a Land Rover any day!  8^)

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