On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 10:19 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> It's a slog, but if you can make it through Gordon Bell's book, "Computer
> Structures Readings and Examples" you realize Gordon is a "father of
> vintage computing", in addition to his involvement with the first computer
> museum in Boston.  He knew better than anyone the historical significance
> of computing well before the term "vintage computer" existed.
>
> And there is that stuff he did at DEC....
>
> Bill
>

He really is.  Perhaps "Grandfather" is more appropriate.  His and his wife
Gwen's (god rest her soul as well) personal collecting and the museum at
DEC was the basis for the Boston Computer Museum, which effectively went
west and became the Computer History Museum.

Sellam

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