[OT] paper on Retro ?

From: Fred N. van Kempen <Fred.van.Kempen_at_microwalt.nl>
Date: Thu Oct 17 10:07:00 2002

All,

Today I got a call from one of Holland's major daily newspapers (for
those
of you who are curious: its the NRC Handelsblad). They asked me if I
were
willing to write them a feature article on "Retro computing: strange
people,
or a necessity for the future?". This (working) title is mine; what
they
mean is: are we just being weird geeks, or is preserving the computing
past
something required for future generations to understand the world in
which
they live, and how things got to be that way?

I have done books and various articles in papers before, but I do feel a
little uncomfortable writing about things I have been involved in for
only
about 5 years or so.

Any suggestions here?

[the answer, by the way, is: "yes, we're weird. so deal with it."]

Cheers,
        Fred
Received on Thu Oct 17 2002 - 10:07:00 BST