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Re: history


On Sat, 12 May 2001, [R. E. Stannard Jr.] wrote:

> Tnx for the recap of the XYWrite saga. I have a weakness for great things
> headed for oblivion. Besides XYWrite, I stubbornly own a Canon NoteJetIIIc
> laptop with quality micromini printer secreted under the keyboard (even
> Canon won't service my previous CanonNotejetII), and once worked for
> proudly for United Press International (now in virtual afterlife after the
> Saudis peddled her to the Moon). Your succinct history deserves secure
> archive somewhere.

Indeed so; even compact disks aren't forever; the plastic coating
eventually degrades. Back to baked clay tablets!

I trust you are also enamoured of electric interurban railways
and dirigibles. I have a weakness for both, though I barely
remember seeing one of the U S Navy dirigibles over the Panama
Canal Zone, and grew up just in time to ride a few of the
longer-lasting inturbans in the early 1950s.

George Scithers of owlswick@xxxxxxxx