On 05/31/2018 10:13 AM, Jon Tabor via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 12:06:03AM +0000, W2HX via cctalk wrote: >> Dang! I was in Dayton/Xenia also this year and never knew that is where >> Mitch is located! I have spoken to him on the phone. Very nice guy and very >> willing to work with hobbyists. Next year I will make a point of meeting him >> in person and picking up some goodies >> >> 73 Eugene W2HX >> > A bit unrelated, and I'm fairly new to this list, but interesting to see so > many ham radio operators pop up. I suspect the > same tinkering desire we get from ham radio is what draws us to old computers. > > 73 > KI7JYE >
Well, I was a radio operator and radio teletype operator before I got into computers. And what people here consider "old computers" were state of the art when I started so it isn't tinkering as much as nostalgia. :-) bill KB3YV (ex N2APY, ex DA1WO)