On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Jeff Hellige wrote:
> Revisionism is fine as long as you have the documentation, 1st
> hand accounts, and anything else to back it up. One problem with
> being a participant though, especially if it's something on a grand
> scale, is that rarely do you get to see anything other than the
> smallest piece of the pie. One has to wonder though how much of what
> is written as 'factual history' would actually be proved wrong if more
> hard core data was available? A good example is the Dynalogic
> Hyperion and Commodore link. During my initial research on the
> machine, I found vague references to the possibility that Commodore
> had at least thought of producing them. Not even Jim Brain's site had
> anything hard on the connection. Then a few months later I started
> talking to an ex-Commodore UK employee and he explained the link to
> me, which I've documented on my page. Granted, it's not written
> documentation, but it is direct from someone who is said to have been
> part of it. Not a big piece of the puzzle, but saved from nearly
> being forgotten all the same.
Very cool! This is the kind of information I was speaking of when I said
it is very important to collect this data now before these first hand
sources pass on.
I was watching the movie Apollo 13 last night and realized how cool it is
to still be able to shake the hand of the man that first stepped foot on
the moon. I hope someday, somehow, I get that experience so I can tell my
grandkids :)
One great thing about living in the part of the world where I do is that
you routinely run into giants of the computing age. As an example, any
Computer Museum event you attend affords you the opportunity to not only
see Gordon Bell, but to actually go up to him, shake his hand, and talk to
him about the computers he designed! Now THAT'S cool!
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Sun Apr 08 2001 - 19:29:50 BST