Re: Vintage Computer Society

["Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com>]

> Now is the time to develop a national user group for these older systems
so we can get
> together and discuss these great, old computers (kind of like antique
> car clubs) and the fun that we HAD and ARE HAVING using them.

What? Like VCF?

 http://www.vintage.org/

> The thing that makes these old computers so much fun, is that like
> antique cars, you don't need a EE degree to work on them and keep them
> going.

Today's computers and components are disposable commodities - drop and swap.
The computers I used "back in the day..." were far more complicated,
expensive and harder to use, hence their charm. They only seem easier
because we have 20 some years experience playing with them. My Altair came
as a kit, and I could've used an EE to help me build it back then... the
average clone today can be assembled in 30 minutes, with a screwdriver. No
soldering, wrapping or customizing required.