19 Apr
1999
19 Apr
'99
5:52 p.m.
At 03:27 PM 4/19/99 -0700, Sellam wrote:
Unfortunately, my rant is not going to stop the
lame-o's selling it from
hyping it up as some cool collectable, and it's not going to stop the
techno-wannabees from buying it to stick on their wall.
Recent experience,
Them: "We have a PDP 8/F."
Me: "Does it have any memory."
Them: "We think so, there are six boards in the back."
Me: (could be good, two core stacks..) "What are the numbers on the top?"
Them: "Three are labelled G104 and the other three are labelled G227."
Me: "No, you don't have any memory for this machine."
--Chuck
[For the record a 4K core stack in an 8 consists of a G104, G227, and H220
card. It was the H220 card that had the actual core "mats" on it. The H220
card is often "liberated" from PDP-8's as a trophy/display item.]