Lost Treasures (was: Cray-1)

From: Jeff Kaneko <Jeff.Kaneko_at_ifrsys.com>
Date: Thu Apr 30 17:30:59 1998

> >
> >Then there was this girl I was dating while I lived in Baltimore in
> >the early 80's. Her dad had a vintage (early 20th cent.)'magneto'
> >(u-crank-it) telephone he mounted on the wall in their basement as a
> >conversation piece. He felt it was 'too heavy' so before mounting
> >it he gutted the thing. So many historic relics have been destroyed
> >in the name of 'interior decoration'.
>
> Some people have no clue. But in retrospect to that statement, those people
> are probably not technically oriented like we are so there is no awareness
> of anything's actual worth as a technological collectable.
>
> Thankfully, the metal/plastic boxes our old computers were made with have
> virtually no value as 'interior decorations' (yet). However, there could be
> exceptions for maybe a couple of models. I recall some list members here
> had commented upon some as being rather attractive in appearance. I haven't
> come across those yet.
>

Oh, I think a NextSlab would make a peachy pedestal for a table lamp!
(minus the monitor and keyboard of course) :^))
Received on Thu Apr 30 1998 - 17:30:59 BST