*[An Ostern essen wir viel Schokolade.]
If I could, I would choose to spend some of the days remaining to me working on Klaus Wust’s final book. I probably will not get the opportunity to do that.
When I look at the aspects of my life that interest my children the most, I find they would like to know more about an episode of my life that occurred about thirty-five years ago. This was when I built the Kenbak-1 computer which is recognized as the first commercially available personal computer. I thought that one way of doing this and to help gain a wider recognition for it would be to put up a website describing the endeavor. Since the first of this year, I have done this and it is available for all to see. The essence of the URL is www.kenbak-1.net .
If you look there, you will see that I still own two of these machines, the original prototype and one from the tail end of the production run that was never completed. The prototype still works but I need to work on the incomplete unit. If I can get it working, I could leave two machines to three of my children. Normally, this would not have been a time-consuming task but the lack of parts means that it will be more time consuming.
Speaking of leaving things for the children (which won’t include money), it would be nice to leave a few notes about my life and to organize some photos. Another thing that I would like to do would be to put out a book of the experiences of my great-grandfather and his brother in the gold fields of Colorado and Idaho. The brother left a diary of which a major part was printed by the Idaho Historical Society about 1930. This would be the basis of the book which I would like to publish.
Eleanor and I have decided that we will try to live in our present house as long as we can. So there is some effort to put the grounds and the house into a better condition now.
In general, these are things that I want to do for the benefit of my family.
Now I have not forgotten genealogy and history. I have a microfilm from Germany on order right now, but whether I can get it is uncertain. The notes pertaining to the film say, “Available only to members of the LDS in Europe.” Does that exclude everyone outside Europe or does it mean that in Europe only LDS members can look at it? I put in an order for the film about two weeks ago and they have not yet rejected my application.
*[We eat a lot of chocolate for Easter.] (The word order between the German and English is very different in this instance.) (03 Apr 07)
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