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Article #619620Re: 1947--the future of walkie-talkies
From: jmfbahciv
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:11
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:11
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Bob Eager wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:49:01 -0700, Peter Flass wrote: > >> 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. > > Oh, I have the emulator. Just not the time. I had a year using a KA-10 > many years ago. Did quite a bit of Macro-10. Were you allowed to be in the machine room and play with the switches? Working by the KA-10 was similar to playing a piano. /BAH
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