Bill, Paul,
Even as exciting as the ever quickening pace of hard- and soft-ware advancement is, especially as I use it in work and at home, I have been struck repeatedly by nostalgia for old systems.
I visited the Boston Computer Museum back in '92. I stumbled across an IBM card punch machine stuck off in the corner of the second floor. The punch was a hands on display with stacks of cards available to play with. Having spent countless hours at these desk like machines as a college engineering student, I immediately sat to it and ran off a few cards. I was bowled over by the sound the machine made. . .!!! It unlocked a flood of memories.
The closing of the driver's door on a '54 Ford four door sedan (first car I ever drove) ranks in the same league.
