19 Jun
1997
19 Jun
'97
10:59 a.m.
dseagrav @ bsdserver.tek-star.net wrote:
I like my real PDP better than the emulated one. The
real one has one
feature that E11, and Supnik 2.2, and all the rest can NEVER have that
annoys my family to no end - THE EAR-SPLITTING NOISE! :) It drives them
Nuts, and I can't get enough of it! There's nothing like powering up the
11/23 and hearing that "Bwaaaaa!" as it all spins up - then it becomes a
gentle roar (I don't have a rack or case of it, so it sits out on a
table). Everyone leaves, and I'm free to hack alone. Not to mention the
emotional satisfaction that you own a piece of history - No matter how big
or inefficient the piece! Which was the primary reason I went out of my
way to get one. And the reason I kept my CoCo, and my C64.
Has anyone who has their
mini collection displayed on a web page
put the *sound* of their machines on the net? I especially love the sound
of those big fans and hard drives powering up.
Whenever I get around to fixing up my 11/730, I'll definitely have to get
a recording of it powering up: from the turn of the key, to the ratcheting
sound
of the TU58 microcode boot tape, to the sound of the LA-120 printing
terminal
printing the 'enter date and time' prompt.
Actually, I don't have the LA-120, but remember the sounds.
Clark Geisler
Test Engineer
Nortel