Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Eager Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: The lure of retro computing Date: 9 May 2014 14:39:23 GMT Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <1167782829421335199.393845usenet-stephenthomascole.com@news.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net A+iXF+oo4slC7X/p08IrCAx0asK6EcQGbYwDWTBi53pv2S/aJ1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:j+0ovcQ+ehYNUFwnVTrmMxxApAs= User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:2725 On Fri, 09 May 2014 13:34:32 +0000, Stephen Thomas Cole wrote: > Bob Eager wrote: >> On Tue, 06 May 2014 18:40:08 +0000, RS Wood wrote: >> >>> and museums dedicated to classic hardware are >>> springing up everywhere, like this one[6] in Ramsgate, UK. >> >>> [6]: http://www.thanetgazette.co.uk/New-Micro-Museum-opens-Ramsgate/ >>> story-21046799-detail/story.html >> >> I went along today. Quite small, but very interesting. He has a lot >> more in storage, ut if it takes off he will probably move to larger >> premises. >> He's particularly interested in educating younger people about the >> history of what they now use. >> >> He has a small part going back to Babbage, etc. Worth a visit if you >> are in the area. >> >> >> > I intend to have a jaunt down to Ramsgate and Margate with my little boy > soon, will likely swing by here. What systems does he have up and > running and playable on? Various things...PS2, a Sega thing, some lovely little 3D portable things, various consoles I didn't recognise, etc. Sorry...not much of a gamer! -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org