Bob Wood wrote:
>
> I received a tip last year that a long time
> computer business located in Mobile, Alabama was
> a virtual storehouse of vintage machines.
> I payed them a visit and could not get past the
> receptionist. I was told that they occasionally
> donated the things to be used in educational
> institutions but that they were absolutely not
> interested in selling anything.
> About six months later I learned that the business
> had closed. Subsequently, I was told by a veteran
> employee of this firm that when they shut their
> doors they hauled two Xerox Altos (among many others)
> to the landfill.
>
> I told this person that it was unlikely
> that they would ever have been in possesion of Xerox
> Altos but he was adamant that they were indeed Xerox Altos.
>
> In hindsight, I now wish I had fibbed to that receptionist
> and told her
> that I was connected with the University of Alabama.
Find out who the decisionmaker was.
Place that person in a landfill.
--
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram_at_cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked me if I had any
firearms with me. I said "Well, what do you need?" -- Steven Wright
Received on Tue Oct 06 1998 - 16:09:15 BST