rarest computers. was: RE: Xerox Alto Restoration + Emulation

Vintage Computer Festival vcf at siconic.com
Tue Aug 3 11:52:55 CDT 2004


On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, SHAUN RIPLEY wrote:

> Well... I keep information on hard disks that come
> with old computers if the information is interesting.
> For example, I have e-birthday cards sent to an
> secretary by her colleagues; emails from her husband
> explaining why he was not having an affair; emails
> from a mom to a college son that she thought it would
> be good for him if he could learn something other than
> wasting his time.... But usually it is private and all
> I can't do anything with it.

This sort of stuff is going to be HIGHLY valuable archaeological data for
future researchers.

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