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Article #619618Re: 1947--the future of walkie-talkies
From: Peter Flass
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 23:49
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 23:49
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Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:54:14 -0700, Peter Flass wrote: > >> Gareth's Downstairs Computer >> <headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> On 24/01/2018 20:45, Bob Eager wrote: >>>> >>>> Although it doesn't hav ethat much practical use, this is my >>>> favourite, >>>> of the computers I own - probably because of the blinkenlights! >>>> >>>> http://www.tavi.co.uk/sbc6120.jpg >>> >>> I've yet to assemble it (Never put off till tomorrow what you can put >>> off till the day after) but bought one of these ... >>> >>> http://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-8 >>> >>> >> For some reason the -8 seems to be more of an object of nostalgia than >> the -11. I never warmed up to the -8, not so much because the >> instruction set was limited but because a lot of it seemed so random. > > I like the minimal instruction set. > > I've had so much to do with PDP-11s (and the big -11s, aka VAXes) that > the small, word oriented nature of the -8 makes a change. I always wanted > to play with one, and now I can. > > I wrote a lot of Macro-11 and Macro-32, not to mention compilers for > those machines. And I own four -11s and three VAXes. > > I really liked the -10. Want more time to play on that. > emulator available. Now there are so many emulators available it's hard to pick. Last year I played with TSS/370, this year Multics. -- Pete
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