Oops! Apology for misinformation about Altos donated to TCM

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Thu Jan 28 10:31:27 1999

> > Sorry, it seems that I was mistaken. The Xerox Alto computers that were
> > scrapped by The Computer Museum were not donated by Al Kossow, but
> > apparently by MIT.
>
> SCRAPPED?? I knew they scrapped their PDP-6 and sold the pieces, but I
> hadn't heard about any Altos being scrapped. Damn. Idiots. Is there a
> definitive list of sins they've committed? :| <-- only half-smiling
>

If there isnt, someone should start one. Arent they the idiots who were
destroying core memory boards to sell pieces of core as souvenirs...

-Lawrence LeMay
Received on Thu Jan 28 1999 - 10:31:27 GMT