[OT] paper on Retro ?

From: Hans B Pufal <hansp_at_aconit.org>
Date: Wed Oct 30 11:54:01 2002

Marvin Johnston wrote:
> 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 :).

I would say MORE important! Without docs, a machine's value is
seriously devalued: trying to fix or even run it would not be easy. But
docs without a machine could be used to build an emulator. And anyway
they take up less space ;-)

Of course software is necessary in either case.

  -- hbp
Received on Wed Oct 30 2002 - 11:54:01 GMT