cmcmanis@pepper.UUCP (07/07/87)
Well the response was all in favor of creating a new group dedicated to
discussing early machines (we're talking IBM 704's and 1130's here) and
peoples experiences with them. The reason for the new group being that
comp.misc, which is normally filled with such interesting discussions
such as 'what is required in a laptop user interface' gets deluged every
time someone posts their favorite story about how a certain set of
instructions would make the Drum on the 1130 sing. The recent spate of
postings with respect to 'What the world needs now is an exploding computer'
give an excellent example of this. I think the traffic in this group
will be at least that of comp.misc, which although no barn burner does
get a steady stream of articles. My question for the wizards of yonder and
the small man behind the curtain is "Ok, so we want it, now who sends out
the create group message?" Or is their another step before creating the
group ?
--Chuck McManis
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