Hi all,
<br>
<br>I didn't make it to the meeting - but all this retro-computing talk
makes me really wish I had - I was travelling back from work (in
Gloucestershire) and didn't make it back to the North West til about 10pm.
<br>
<br>My favourite retro items are anything from the Psion stable - either the
later Revo, which I think really had the form factor about right - or
the very early MC series notebooks (running EPOC of course!), these were
way ahead of their time, masses of battery life and brilliant screens
(grayscale) and full size keyboard. I originally got into programming
(in OPL) on a series 3, I guess my descent into software hackery can be
traced from there <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) I still wish they could've got a Revo with Bluetooth & wifi in it...</span></span><br>
<br>Due to various work related events, I also have a soft spot for the old
pizza box Sun Sparc boxes running solaris or (Aurora) Linux - I tried to
liberate one from the Marconi plant on Edge Lane when I left as it was
closed down but my plan was foiled by some spectacularly bad timing...
<br>
<br>
<br>I will really really try to make it to the next meet....
<br>
<br>
<br>Chris.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Chris Farrow :: <a href="mailto:cxf@zedstarr.net">cxf@zedstarr.net</a><br>
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