>This seems very melancholy to me. Delightful that you're there to
>preserve the machines for posterity, but sad that prodcutive machines are
>being shut down after long service.
>
>"Farewell, o' good and faithful servant".
I know what you mean... I've read the story about the shutdown
of a -10 system back in october of 82(?) which is on Tim Shoppa's
ftp area... I wish I could have something as touching...
What is sad about it is the fact that part of the reason the
machines are being decomissioned is the person who cared for
them apparently died recently of cancer... today's shutdown
was part of the ongoing grieving process for the people who
had been using them.
It was difficult for them...
They are, however, very glad that the machines won't simply
be relegated to a trash heap somewhere... they're really glad
that they will have new owners who will care for them and
keep them running...
So we don't have to say farewell to them, they wll find service.
Part of that service will be to provide a base system against
which some KS10 emulators which I know are being developed can
be compared against.
I also hope that someday we will be able to get them on the
net and let others use them.
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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