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Hi, my name is mike. Carl (crfriend) was one of my two best friends. Many years ago I went to visit his home and this was the first time that I saw him wearing a skirt. I didn't say anything. After a while he mentioned this and "apologized" for what he thought was an awkward moment. I reas...

Please feel free to ping me if anyone experiences trouble with the website.

-mikeu

FYI, our computer museum saved a backup of Carl's website. It is preserved at:

https://rcsri.org/crfriend/

-mikeu

Uncle Al wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 4:15 pm Save from his museum website.
C.R. Carl Friend JPG 2026-03-05.jpg
This pic is from his trip to Seattle, to help restore this unit.

Uncle Al

There's a photo here of Carl with one of his favorite computers:

http://users.rcn.com/crfriend/

Living Computer Museum in Seattle, April 2013.

-mikeu

It was about 30 years ago that I met Carl and another guy Dave. The three of us shared a passion for vintage computers. We started collecting "minicomputers" - each one is the size of a refrigerator. We started a computer museum called the Retro-Computing Society of RI. Carl was one of my ...

Hello, I'm new here. How do I contact someone that manages this site?

-mikeu