NIH again was: transputers again was: The dissolution of Commodore

We used to display the Meiko next to a Cray 1, the ETA-10, CM and Paragon. But the Meiko (which came from my college long after I left just appears like another rectangular box it's in dark storage). Almost 100 firms down the tubes. I need to get a Myrias for the Museum. A smaller number of European and a growing number of Asian firms exist. And Australian and Indian (had Elxsi access, have photos). Need to collect, too. And I talk with other foreign governments about this for developing industries. They all want to try to copy Silicon Valley.

The CM was nothing w-o the Data Vault. But I didn't have to deal with it. Do have to find a DV.

Damn, I was thinking about Tim, and was intending to put his name there (I was in Geneva just over a week ago).

Yes, the Swiss feel a little bad about that. But they have, and I got a 2 GB Swiss Army Knife.

First movers make mistakes. It's how a firm deals with mistakes. Some solutions are open only to certain people. You could have put NTSC-PAL-SECAM.

You just don't want to be Kevin Bacon's character in Animal House telling every one to remain calm.

It's a system. I've spoken with Backus (a very nice guy if you get a chance to meeting him). The big single word which characterizes the computer industry is: neglect. And we will never really know with consistency what way to go without attempting.

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