Clueless Museums (was: Final Xerox Star demo)

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_wco.com>
Date: Wed Jun 10 22:57:13 1998

On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, John Higginbotham wrote:

> >OK, enough Packard-Bell bashing. Send me every PB model 250 you can get
> >your hands on - I will even pay shipping (and for the crate).
>
> Heh heh. I thought that comment would flush out a PB person or two. :)
>
> They have actually gotten alot better, but I don't think you'll ever see
> any in the Smithsonian like some classic systems.

I think William was referring to the PackardBell mainframes of the late
60s and early 70s era. Hence, the mention of the model 250. Our own Tony
Duell has a Model 850.

Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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