In search of Christopher Willis

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Date: Fri May 16 18:13:00 2003

> It is interesting to think of all the detailed knowledge lost throughout
history

But it almost seems like it was only yesterday.







At 05:58 PM 5/16/03 -0400, you wrote:
>LOL I have a teletype and all the original receipts, manuals and service
>bulletins.
>Times are changing. Of course I got it and a big stash of other stuff from
>someone who left it at my brother's house during a divorce. He disappears
>and after 15 years or so I got it. I have been picking up the odd piece here
>and there just because they are cheap and here seems to be a market for
>them.
>
>I never heard of a BBS. It ranks up there with butter churn parts and
>knowledge of how to crank start a car. It is good to know but it is not
>something you'd run across - well except here. It is interesting to think
>of all the detailed knowledge lost throughout history as it simply had no
>use and was not preserved.
>
>Computing has gone the path of automobiles. The first generation of owners
>were hobbyists, mechanics and it evolved into an everyday thing. They have
>become collectible the same as baskets, old weather vanes and Stickley
>chairs.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joe" <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
>To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
>Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 6:55 PM
>Subject: Re: In search of Christopher Willis
>
>
> > At 09:43 PM 5/15/03 -0400, you wrote:
> > >>What is a BBS?
> > >
> > >Yikes. My first reaction was this must be a joke. Someone on this list
> > >doesn't know what a BBS is.
> >
> > Next he'll want to know what a Teletype is! :-/
> >
> > Joe
Received on Fri May 16 2003 - 18:13:00 BST