[SunRescue] Re: Best wishes for Bill...

[Eric Ozrelic]

Wow, I'm not sure, but I may be one of the youngest on this list. I'm only
20!! I've
been into older Sun equipment now for 3 years. An ISP I used to work for had
a
bunch of IPC's sitting in the back unused, and looking sad. So I took one of
them
home and toyed with it. I was hooked ever since. I haven't aquired any large
equipment, or really old equipment (other then old ass junker PC's), but I
still think
the equipment I have had (Silver age Sun's, Apple's, NeXT's, SGI's, etc.)
have really helped me learn more about the history, and technology
progression in the computer
industry (not to mention all other related computer skills!)

I did a bit of research on the condition that Bill has. It's not very
pretty. I think there
are even some movies where they show shot's of a camera going in and taking
a look.

Best wishes for you Bill, and I hope everything turns out swell!!

Regards,

Eric Ozrelic

----- Original Message -----
From: <dave at cca.org>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Re: Best wishes for Bill...


> claym at mellender.org writes:
>
> >Jeepers! I didnt realize I am an old man!  Whats scary is, at the ripe
old
> >age of  33, I was programming 6502's when you guys were in diapers! ouch.
>
> Currently 32. The only birthday that's had any emotional impact on
> me in a "shit, now I'm *old*!" sense was when I passed the
> 1 billion seconds mark (approx 31.75 years). That really made me stop
> and think. I felt it pass.
>
> I've been on a PCs-are-toys-gimmi-a-ten-year-old-real-computer
> kick since around 1990, and I've been into collection even older
> stuff for most of that time as well. The earliest machine I've
> actually played with is a PDP-12, circa 1969. The earliest
> functional stuff I own are my tek vector displays. (My ASR33
> doesn't work. Dammit.)
>
> My job is computer related, but not to the extent that I'd call
> it a "real computer job". I'm way too lazy for that. :-)
>
> -------- david fischer -------- dave at cca.org -------- www.cca.org --------
> ---------- never let reason stand in the way of self-confidence ----------
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