On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 6:43 PM William Sudbrink via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> I've just had the pleasure of taking a new machine into my collection, a > Sol > 20. > > It's particularly interesting for several reasons. First, it was once in > the possession > > of Jim Willing (zoom into the label next to the control key): > > > > http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/fixed_sol/20191125_195224.jpg > > > > For those that don't know, Jim was a very early collector of vintage > computers > > and one of the first collectors to put up a web site with pictures of his > collection, > > scans of documents and the like. Also, he was one of the first posters to > the > > original classic computer mailing list: > > > > http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/cctalk/ Huh, small world! I recently got the R80 drive that came with my VAX-11/730 running, and was able to read an image of it -- which revealed that the VAX previously belonged to Jim (and was apparently used to run his BBS for a time). I've been meaning to track him down -- does anyone know if he's still around? (Also, nice find. Sol 20's are fun little computers.) - Josh