Thanks for that info Mart, very interesting.Mac Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au Skype docmactor
On 26/07/2011, at 8:21 PM, Martin Hill wrote: >>> On 25/07/2011, at 10:25 AM, McCallum Malcolm wrote: >>>> In our early wamug meetings there was a rather LARGE GENTLEMAN( and I use >>>> both terms advisedly) who was I think professor of English at UWA .He must >>>> now be using much faster computers in the sky but he was always very >>>> interesting to listen to. Does anyone remember his name? > > > That would be Michael Scriven and to my knowledge he is still alive and > kicking working at a university near Los Angeles. :-) > > He used to spend 6 months lecturing at UWA and 6 months at UC Berkley every > year and would bring back the latest Mac news and gossip straight from the > famous Berkley Mac Users Group (BMUG) and Silicon Valley. In the days before > the web (and wide email usage) he was a font of info for all of us early Mac > users and if I recall correctly one of the instigators of UWA getting some of > the first Mac 128Ks in 1984. > > I was vice president of the University Macintosh User Club at UWA, a > short-lived student guild affiliate of WAMUG at the time and early WAMUG > committee member so his titbits were very much appreciated for our WAMUG and > UMUC newsletters over quarter of a century ago (gasp!) > > Ah memories. > > -Mart > > ------------------------------------ > Martin Hill > email: mart_hill "at" mac.com > homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill > Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
