I would personally consider purchasing a re manufactured Vintage computer -
Something running, say, a 6502, 8080, 8085, or Z80. Definitely not
interested in anything post 8085.
Not sure what I would do with an ISA bus. Not enough pins on my
processor to drive all of the address bits.
Multi CPU systems are probably to far out of the intent of the Vintage
realm for me to consider.
Doug
Alexandru Lovin wrote:
Hello everyone,
I figured this list is big enough to ask and get your opinions.
My big question is, would you buy remanufactured vintage computers ? I have
all sorts of details regarding the line of systems I'd manufacture (most of
them from the x86 world). I spent time on the internet looking at what is
the best video card for ISA, for PCI, for AGP 2x, for AGP 4x or 8x (you
know, for the different voltages), what would be the best processor for what
system, who would buy it aside from some vintage enthusiasts, etc.
There is a follow up question, of course. If you agree with remanufacturing
the Harris 286 at 25 MHz in a system with 16 CPUs and 16 MB of RAM per CPU,
all connected in a cluster acting as a multi-CPU computer, would you be able
to find some kind of investor who's willing to finance this ?
I'm not a spammer, just asking. I don't know the "other" architectures
so
well (except the famous 68000 CPUs that powered Amigas and maybe PowerPC
powering Macs until recently) so I would only make computers with old x86
and pre-x86 processors. Ok, I forgot one: the Zilog Z80. 32 of those in an
8-bit system with the S-100 bus. The "new" Altair 8800, if you will. Maybe a
new Commodore PET 2001 as well (still with a gazillion CPUs and other such
stuff).