On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Tony Duell wrote:
> > [[ As an aside -- the list *itself* is "gettin' up there..." over 7 years
> > old now, if memory serves. How many of us "original dudez" are left... say,
> > within the first 20 or 30 subscribers... A show of hands, maybe? ;-)
> > Sellam, I see your hand is raised, mine's up as well... ]]
>
> Dunno how early I am, but I'm early enough that I had to submit a
> justification-for-joining. I've been on the list ever since
It used to be a rather exclusive club. Now they just let anyone on :)
I remember how psyched I was to discover that there were other people in
the world besides me who had an unjustifiably compelling urge to hold on
to their old computers. The list is actually what brought forth the VCF.
those of you who've been around since May of 1997 will remember that I
first proposed the VCF (originally to be called the CCC: Classic Computer
Convention) circa that time.
It's amazing that it's been 7 years. I can't believe how much time and
money I've wasted on this "hobby" ;)
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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