Computer Replicas

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Tue Mar 30 14:49:39 2004

On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Jay West wrote:

> Lots of us have vaxen, lots of us have PDP's... but I'd venture few of us
> will ever touch a 360 these days. So lets build the one we'll probably never
> get a real one of!

I think you need a bit of perspective here! "Lots of us" is
a microscopic crowd, a very few hardcore collectors with the
$ to stockpile. I haven't even SEEN a PDP-8 (for example)
for > 20 years, other than in a museum, and then only twice
(Mtn. View, San Diego). And I even know about them and used
their historical compatriots.
Received on Tue Mar 30 2004 - 14:49:39 BST