[OT] paper on Retro ?

From: Marvin Johnston <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Thu Oct 17 10:21:01 2002

Outstanding!!! My only suggestion would be to make the point that the
documentation/software/etc. is as important as the hardware. Too often,
the only thing left is the hardware ... and that just isn't enough :).

"Fred N. van Kempen" wrote:
>
> 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 - 10:21:01 BST