Hi Derek:
I too am in the northwest - Vancouver, BC to be exact. There are about 10
or so of us on the list. If you ever come to Vancouver send me email so
you can stop by for coffee.
Kevin
>
> Derek,
>
> There are at least a half-dozen or so active "Pacific Northwesterners"
> on the list, located from Portland, OR up to Victoria/Vancouver B.C.
> I'm in Seattle, and I'll let the others respond if they so desire. So,
> you aren't alone, and there may be even more "lurking" out there.
>
> Dave
>
> D. Peschel wrote:
> >
> > ... and I wanted to introduce myself.
> >
> > I'm a student at the University of Washington; I subscribed to the list in
> > hopes that there would be some local members. So far, I'm not sure. Some of
> > your names are familiar from alt.folklore.computers but many are new.
> >
> > I'm a computer-science major. Most CS majors here don't seem to be very
> > interested in old machines, unfortunately. They must be dazzled by all the
> > Windows NT machines we have (which were given to us by Intel and don't work
> > very well, thanks to overstressed/inept/inconstant administration).
> >
> > I'll probably read more than I post -- I don't have detailed experience with
> > the popular machines, because I don't _have_ the popular machines, because I
> > live in a dorm room. But I do have experience with the Apple ][, and a Kaypro
> > which I'm resurrecting (thanks to Don Maslin and his awe-inspiring collection
> > of CP/M disks) and some HP calculators and some emulators on my Macintosh.
> >
> > By "popular" I mean "popular with the readers of this list," not "popular with
> > people in general."
> >
> > So... who's from Washington? And BTW, is there a working Web site/archive/FAQ
> > for this group? I can't seem to connect to the bothell machine, even though
> > it's part of my own school.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -- Derek
>
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Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD
mcquiggi_at_sfu.ca
Received on Mon May 11 1998 - 21:54:45 BST