well if you guys thing esoteric car stuff is strange wait till you go to
the Computer History Museum in Moutain View ( San Jose) Calif. These guys
are true geeks of minutae. Ask them anything about the Johnnieac or TRS 80s
or the first Apple ( nailed to a piece of plywood) . Of course the favorite
is the first disc drive 3-4 feet in diameter and held 5mb. Yep its worth
the trip just to see the first video games . Mike TR2inLA
> [Original Message]
> From: John & Patricia Donnelly <pdonnel1@san.rr.com>
> To: Randall <tr3driver@comcast.net>
> Cc: Triumph list <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Date: 5/31/2005 9:26:50 PM
> Subject: Re: BTDT (was : Making Metal Brake Lines) (no LBC content)
>
> Naw, got you beat. I still have my VIC20 in the garage with the high
> density storage system (a cassette deck). Better still, I think I still
> have the punch cards for the IBM360 in college. I'm not sure where they
> are in the garage, but I found the book!
>
> And, BTW, it's "BOUGHT the T-shirt". I know, I'm old. My clothes
> drawers are full.
>
> Johnnie
>
> Randall wrote:
>
> >>There is a belief among people who went to junior high school with my
> >>younger daughter that Beth invented the completion of this phrase by
adding
> >>the line "got the T-shirt". It supposedly spread throughout the internet
> >>from her. I have no idea if this is true.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >And how much older than dirt ARE you, Phil ? BTDTGTTS has been around
since the
> >dark days before the Internet, when a 1200 baud modem was fast ...
> >
> >And Yes, I've probably still got a 300 baud laying around somewhere.
> >
> >Randall
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