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On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:45:49 +0000, Larry wrote:

"Capt. JG" wrote in
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I had an old HP portable... one of the first solid-state ones.

(The older ones had tubes....(c


For whatever reason, I sometimes save old pieces of technology. I have
a non-working Altair, a Kaypro suitcase, my first IBM PC, complete
with all original books, disks and receipts, The TRS100, a non-working
trs102, a 300 mb disk pack from a CDC washtub, an 80 mb winchester
drive that weighs about a pound per mb, etc, etc.

I've seen websites of people who are really serious about this stuff.
I have the stuff, but it's all in boxes stored away. I hardly ever
have the urge to open those boxes. I just have it.


You should consider seeing if a museum would take them as a donation... was
in the Smithsonian recently and saw a system I used to have (well, not the
same box, but). If you've never see the exhibit, you should check it out.

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