On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 10:19 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
  It's a slog, but if you can make it through Gordon
Bell's book, "Computer
 Structures Readings and Examples" you realize Gordon is a "father of
 vintage computing", in addition to his involvement with the first computer
 museum in Boston.  He knew better than anyone the historical significance
 of computing well before the term "vintage computer" existed.
 And there is that stuff he did at DEC....
 Bill
 
He really is.  Perhaps "Grandfather" is more appropriate.  His and his wife
Gwen's (god rest her soul as well) personal collecting and the museum at
DEC was the basis for the Boston Computer Museum, which effectively went
west and became the Computer History Museum.
Sellam