A Momentous Decision

From: Bob Shannon <bshannon_at_tiac.net>
Date: Sat Oct 19 08:44:14 2002

I have to confess to this rather strange behavior.

My first really classic machine, a HP2114A, had a sticker on its front
panel that has apparently been
left there by some vistor on an ancient tour.

It read 'Hi, I'm Henry', so that machine became known as Henry, and most
all of my subsequent HP machines got related names (like my first 2116
becaome O'Henry, etc.). The one exception to this rule was my first
2113, apparently inhabited by gremlins, earned the name 'Demon Child'.

But now that I have a small pile of spare CPU's, I've stopped naming them.

Tony Duell wrote:

>>After much pondering and debate, I have finally decided on a name for
>>my Cromemco System Two. Once she is operational, she shall be
>>christened as Mintaka.
>>
>
>Just out of curiousity, how many other people here name their classic
>computers (for reasons other than giving them a network address)
>
>-tony
>
Received on Sat Oct 19 2002 - 08:44:14 BST

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