List charter mods & headcount... ;-)

From: Geoffrey Thomas <geoffreythomas_at_onetel.net.uk>
Date: Fri Jun 18 15:23:02 2004

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From: "Tony Duell" <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: List charter mods & headcount... ;-)



> Actually I started because I realised that unless _somebody_ started
> preserving these old machines then 30 years of history was going to get
> lost. And rather than simply say that, I started grabbing all I could
> find. Particularly minicomputers.
>
> -tony
>
True.
It makes me realise that old Isaac Asimov was not too far off the mark with
his visions of a future when no-one understood how the machines worked .

Geoff.
Received on Fri Jun 18 2004 - 15:23:02 BST

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