----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: Collection policy was Re: No space for vinatge computers in
Anything can be learned if you have the documentation of the machine in
question, and a good idea of the technology used up to the time the machine
was made. The problem I was trying to show is that the interface to the
machines has changed quite a bit, and in 50 to 100 years will probably
change quite a bit more. Put somebody that only knows a keyboard, mouse, and
supervga screen in front of a IMSAI 8080 and they wont know what to do.
> Rubbish!. Are you seriously trying to tell me that these skills can't be
> learnt? I would claim that anybody who _truely_ understood a modern
> machine would have no problems on an older one. The fact that very few
> people understand modern computers is the problem, not that the older
> machines are so different.
>
> -tony
Received on Sat May 24 2003 - 18:53:00 BST