12 Jun
2023
12 Jun
'23
4:58 a.m.
On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 7:08 AM Tom Hunter via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Is it really necessary to be always so confrontational? It is unpleasant.
Could you please indicate exactly which statement in my original
message you object to?
[And please don't top-post. It's annoying]
-tony
On Sun, 11 June 2023, 10:44 pm Tony Duell via cctalk, <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
> > Fundamentally, it seems to me that they're all the same basic hardware,
> > timing intervals between flux transitions.
> >
> > So other than the soaftware, what's the difference?
>
> I could make a stupid comment and ask 'what's the difference between a
> PDP8, PDP11, PERQ or HP9830?'. Apart from having finite memory, all
> are (I believe) equivalent to a Turing machine.
>
> But more seriously when I started asking about writing images to
> floppy disks, I asked what options were available and what I'd need.
> Apart from the (IMHO) stupid suggestion of a 1990's PC compatible, the
> only thing that was mentioned to me was the Greaseweazle. Nobody
> pointed me at web sites giving comparisons between the various methods
> and devices.
>
> -tony
>