FW: pdp11/44 free to good home in TX

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Mon Oct 5 13:44:14 1998

Someone wrote:
> I'm telling you, its the Y2K scare. You'll start to see more and more of
> this hardware become available as people start to panic.

John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com> replied:
> I'm frightened to realize that you're serious. Great, let's start
> scaring them even more, to increase our collections. :-)

I'm not sure this is such a great idea. IMNSHO, the biggest Y2K problems
will not be caused by actual computer problems, but by people's fear of
computer problems. I'm expecting a run on the banks, and it appears that
I'm not just being paranoid; the Fed is expecting it as well and has printed
an extra $5e9 in cash to try to cope with it.

On the other hand, if you have some plan that involves benefitting from a
run on the banks, I'd be interested in hearing about it. :-)

Eric
Received on Mon Oct 05 1998 - 13:44:14 BST