<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear James and Andy et. al.,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It is great to see both of your emails at this point in time as I am in the process of completing an exhibition that deals with a lot of these questions and ideas, and I’ve wanted to share information with the SIGCIS listserv for a while. I work at the Bard Graduate Center, a research institute with graduate programs and exhibition space on the Upper West side of Manhattan that focuses on the study of material culture and design history. I consider myself very interdisciplinary and incorporate almost all of the people Andrew mentioned from the worlds of digital humanities and media studies in my work. As the Director of our Digital Media Lab I’ve been very interested in the intersection between concepts of materiality and the history of computing and the idea of computers as designed objects. I’ve taught courses on interface design from a sociocultural and design history perspective and that has led to the exhibition currently under development. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As I began thinking about this exhibition(which I presented on at SHOT 2014), I thought about how computers are much more dynamic devices than they are usually presented in museums. I wanted to be able to display not just the physical artifacts, but the actual experiences, where possible, of using computing devices. This opened up a lot of interesting questions and possibilities. Where we have ended up is an exhibition comprised almost completely of used computing devices (purchased on eBay) that visitors will be able to physically interact with. No velvet ropes, no glass panes, full contact. We were not able to get all of those devices working fully, settling for tactile interaction, but five core devices that are of particular importance (a Commodore 64, Macintosh, Palm Pilot, iPad, and Microsoft Kinect) will be operational and running custom applications. These applications have been designed and scripted to walk visitors through the particular strengths and innovative affordances of those devices, giving them an experiential idea of why they were important. It will be a different kind of experience for most visitors, but one that I think captures the spirit of using computers in our lives. It also seems that it addresses a lot of the questions James is asking. The objects that will be on display sold tens of thousands if not millions of units making them distinctly banal in a sense, but also representative of the memories that most of us have of personal computers.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The exhibition will be on display from April 2-July 11, and more information can be found here(<a href="http://www.bgc.bard.edu/gallery/gallery-at-bgc/the-interface-experience.html" class="">The Interface Experience: Forty Years of Personal Computing</a>). I have written an accompanying catalog available through Univ of Chicago Press (<a href="http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo20339620.html" class="">http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo20339620.html</a>) and we are also developing a media-rich app to accompany the in-gallery experience and also as a stand alone web site. It will be available at <a href="http://interfaceexperience.org" class="">http://interfaceexperience.org</a>. I hope that many SIGCIS members can make it to the exhibition and look forward to further conversations. BTW if anyone is interested I have included the project checklist:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers</div><div class="">Kimon Keramidas</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here is a list of objects in the exhibition:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Xerox Alto OS<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Atari 2600<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Apple II<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Visicalc<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Osborne 1<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Sinclair ZX81<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Xerox Star 8010 Information System<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• IBM Personal Computer 5150<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• MS DOS<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• GRiD Compass<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Commodore 64<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Minitel 1 Terminal<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Radio Shack TRS-80 MODEL 100<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Apple Macintosh Plus<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Nintendo Entertainment System<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Aldus Pagemaker<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Nintendo Game Boy<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Apple PowerBook 170<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Apple Newton MessagePad 120<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Sony PlayStation<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Netscape Navigator<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Wacom ArtPad II<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Windows 95<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Palm Pilot Professional<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Apple iMac G3<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• VeriFone Omni 7000MPD<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• HP Compaq TC4200<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Nintendo Wii<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Amazon Kindle<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Apple iPad<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Apple Magic Trackpad<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Microsoft Xbox 360 with Kinect</div></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"><b class="">From: </b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;">James Sumner <<a href="mailto:james.sumner@manchester.ac.uk" class="">james.sumner@manchester.ac.uk</a>></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:members@sigcis.org" class="">members@sigcis.org</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">January 19, 2015 at 3:10:19 PM EST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[SIGCIS-Members] Mass-market historic computers, display and interaction</b><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><br class="">Dear all<br class=""><br class="">I've found the various discussions of computer restoration projects and visitor interpretation in recent days very useful. I'd be interested to hear from listmembers on a related question:<br class=""><br class="">For the collection following up on the Science Museum's recent "Interpreting the Information Age" conference, I'm currently working up a short paper on the problem of how to represent, to museum-goers and other general audiences, the history of computing machines which were *not* iconic, one-of-a-kind, or of obvious stand-out physical or technical interest -- in particular, mass-produced boxes and clone designs which were (often drearily) familiar to large user populations in their day, yet will nevertheless mean little to most people today without interpretation. My key question is how to make the machines not only intelligible, but interesting. Much of the answer I want to give revolves around the expected "look at how they were used", but I also want to give some attention to how to keep the nature of the machines in the picture.<br class=""><br class="">In particular, I'd be keen to hear people's experience of providing hands-on access to machines, in ways that are not possible for older, rarer and more valuable survivals (or, indeed, painstakingly engineered and authentic re-creations). There are, of course, quite a few museums and display collections internationally that include working models of representative machines -- I'm interested to hear of people's experiences of the practicalities, and in particular of interaction with audiences who *don't* remember the machines from "first time around". Please drop me an email if you would be happy to discuss.<br class=""><br class="">All best<br class="">James<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">On 18/01/2015 17:02, Andrew Russell wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Dag’s email made me think of fascinating work in media archaeology, digital humanities, and related areas by scholars such as Matt Kirschenbaum (see his book _Mechanisms: New Media and the Forensic Imagination_), Lori Emerson (<a href="http://mediaarchaeologylab.com/" class="">http://mediaarchaeologylab.com/</a> at CU-Boulder), Andreas Fickers (playing with ‘Experimental Media Archaeology’ at Univ. Luxembourg), and others.<br class=""><br class="">There are some clear differences between these scholars and the types of computer restoration projects mentioned below - for example, Kirschenbaum and Emerson are both in English Departments and link their work to cultural theory in ways that the Science Museum and Computer History Museum do not. But there are also some clear areas of overlapping interest, especially a deep appreciation for machines (and their ‘materiality’) and the value that comes from preserving and working closely with them.<br class=""><br class="">To respond to Dag’s question, I think this is an incredibly valuable area of work. There’s a lot more to say about this -- in part because it is linked to the discussion triggered by Tom Haigh’s recent CACM column on the “tears of Knuth” -- but I’ll restrict myself to two observations for now:<br class="">- if we broaden the scope of inquiry from “computers” to “media technologies,” we will find many more areas of intersection between museum professionals and academics who identify not strictly as “computer historians” but instead as media historians, media scholars, etc. (scholars such as Mara Mills and Lisa Gitelman come to mind). Jen Light described some of this overlap in her SIGCIS keynote address in Dearborn, and I hope we’ll hear much more about this at future SIGCIS workshops.<br class="">- I bet that antiquarians, hobbyists, and museum experts working with cars and trains have put a lot of thought into the value of restoration and the extent to which they interact with academics. This is familiar territory for SHOT members, to put it mildly. To put this another way: I wonder if Wolfgang Schivelbusch likes going to railroad museums, and if staff at those museums know about or appreciate his work?<br class=""><br class="">Cheers,<br class=""><br class="">Andy<br class=""> <br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Jan 18, 2015, at 10:20 AM, Brian Randell <<a href="mailto:brian.randell@newcastle.ac.uk" class="">brian.randell@newcastle.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Hi Dag:<br class=""><br class="">Though I wouldn’t call them actual restorations, I think the Science Museum’s construction of Babbage’s No 2 Difference Engine, and the late Tony Sale’s of the Colossus Mk 2, were wonderful examples of what I understand is called “experimental archaeology”, up there with the Chateau de Guedelon (<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10440300" class="">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10440300</a>), and as such of *unquestionable* value.<br class=""><br class="">Cheers<br class=""><br class="">Brian<br class=""><br class="">On 16 Jan 2015, at 19:09, Dag Spicer <<a href="mailto:dspicer@computerhistory.org" class="">dspicer@computerhistory.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">New piece today by the BBC on computer restorations, including the Computer History Museum’s IBM 1401 (1959).<br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30546592" class="">http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30546592</a><br class=""><br class="">I’d be interested in hearing from SIGCIS members about their perception of the value of doing these kinds of things…<br class=""><br class="">Dag<br class=""><br class="">--<br class="">Dag Spicer<br class="">Senior Curator<br class="">Computer History Museum<br class="">Editorial Board, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing<br class="">1401 North Shoreline Boulevard<br class="">Mountain View, CA 94043-1311<br class=""><br class="">Tel: +1 650 810 1035<br class="">Fax: +1 650 810 1055<br class=""><br class="">Twitter: @ComputerHistory<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">This email is relayed from members@sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://sigcis.org/pipermail/members/ and you can change your subscription options at http://sigcis.org/mailman/listinfo/members<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">--<br class="">School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne,<br class="">NE1 7RU, UK<br class="">EMAIL = <a href="mailto:Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk" class="">Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk</a> PHONE = +44 191 208 7923<br class="">FAX = +44 191 208 8232 URL = <a href="http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell" class="">http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">This email is relayed from <a href="mailto:members@sigcis.org" class="">members@sigcis.org</a>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. 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The list archives are at <a href="http://sigcis.org/pipermail/members/" class="">http://sigcis.org/pipermail/members/</a> and you can change your subscription options at <a href="http://sigcis.org/mailman/listinfo/members" class="">http://sigcis.org/mailman/listinfo/members</a><br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Elizabeth Petrick <<a href="mailto:elizabeth.r.petrick@njit.edu" class="">elizabeth.r.petrick@njit.edu</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">members <<a href="mailto:members@sigcis.org" class="">members@sigcis.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">January 19, 2015 at 11:49:03 AM EST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[SIGCIS-Members] InfoAge Science Center</b><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">Hello everyone,<br class=""><br class=""></div>I wanted to mention about the wonderful visit Lee Vinsel and I had last week to the InfoAge Science Center, courtesy of Evan Koblentz. <br class=""><br class=""></div>Evan gave us a personal tour of the computer collection he runs there. It was great to see (and in many cases, see running) computers that I've only ever read about (Bendix G-15, PDP-8, Altair, Apple Lisa, Osborne).<br class=""><br class=""></div>If you're in the New Jersey area, I highly recommend paying a visit here. I'll be teaching a course on computer history next year and I'm hoping to arrange to bring my students. I think they'll get a lot out of being able to experience these machines in person.<br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Elizabeth Petrick<br class=""><br class="">Assistant Professor<br class=""></div>Federated History Department<br class=""></div>New Jersey Institute of Technology<br class=""></div></div></div>
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<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Evan Koblentz <<a href="mailto:evan@snarc.net" class="">evan@snarc.net</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Sigcis <<a href="mailto:members@sigcis.org" class="">members@sigcis.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">January 19, 2015 at 8:47:21 PM EST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[SIGCIS-Members] Wes Clark @ VCF East</b><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><br class="">SIGCIS'rs,<br class=""><br class="">...Previously announced that Ted Nelson and Bob Frankston will keynote the Vintage Computer Festival East this spring. Now we are very pleased to announce a third major speech there: Wes Clark.<br class=""><br class="">Thus the latest statistics for VCF East:<br class="">- Sixteen technical classes (Friday)<br class="">- Three keynotes (Saturday/Sunday)<br class="">- Twenty-one exhibits (thirty-plus expected -- Saturday/Sunday)<br class=""><br class="">Full details are at <a href="http://www.vintage.org/2015/east" class="">http://www.vintage.org/2015/east</a>.<br class=""><br class="">We know that some of you respect the artifacts of computer history. As stated in recent discussions on this list, we in MARCH / InfoAge Science Center take a "pro-restoration" stance toward them.<br class=""><br class="">So: Come to VCF East. Leave your necktie and sportjacket at home. Get your hands dirty with some hardware and code.<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Melanie Swalwell <<a href="mailto:melanie.swalwell@flinders.edu.au" class="">melanie.swalwell@flinders.edu.au</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">James Sumner <<a href="mailto:james.sumner@manchester.ac.uk" class="">james.sumner@manchester.ac.uk</a>>, "<a href="mailto:members@sigcis.org" class="">members@sigcis.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:members@sigcis.org" class="">members@sigcis.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">January 20, 2015 at 1:54:51 AM EST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Mass-market historic computers, display and interaction</b><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><br class="">Dear James,<br class=""><br class="">There was a conference in 2013 at the London Science Museum devoted to the question of "Making the history of computing relevant". A colleague, Helen Stuckey, gave a paper on behalf of some of the Play It Again team which I lead. This project is focused on the history and preservation needs of 1980s microcomputer games from Australia and New Zealand, so pretty much the mass market machines you are talking about. In considering the question of how to present the history of 80s micro games we have emphasised the role of popular memory, and -- through a web interface that we call the Popular Memory Archive -- asked the public to share their memories of particular games and computing generally. User reflections (and uploads) on what these computers mean and meant to them are often very animated and frequently much more entertaining than, say, museum didactics. We have a nice emerging collection of photos of computers in domestic interiors, also, dotted throughout the various parts of the site, with several at <a href="http://playitagainproject.org/contribute" class="">http://playitagainproject.org/contribute</a> We see the fact that these machines weren't unique but mass produced and familiar to many as a plus, rather than a negative -- it means that many people remember them and can share their memories. <br class=""><br class="">The papers from the London conference were published by Springer/IFIP so I can't just put it online (another version is published in the ACM Digital Library at <a href="http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2513570" class="">http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2513570</a> which may be more accessible to those with library access). I'm also happy to make a copy of our paper available to anyone who's interested individually -- just email me off list. <br class=""><br class="">Regards,<br class=""><br class="">Melanie<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Members mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Members@sigcis.org" class="">Members@sigcis.org</a><br class="">http://sigcis.org/mailman/listinfo/members<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>