17 Jun
2009
17 Jun
'09
1:40 p.m.
Just because I'm curious:
How do folks feel about those who are interested in extending the life
of vintage machines by integrating them with newer technologies? That's
Personally I have no problems with doing this provided no (or at worst
reverasble) changes are made to the classic machine.
For example, I think the unit that lets you use flash memory as a
Commodore disk drive is a great idea. If something like that was designed
for HP SS/80, etc, drives, I'd build one...
While I like to use a real DEC VT55 as the console of my 11/45, I have no
problem plugging computers into the other serial ports and using them as
terminals. It doesn't damage the PDP11.
But I don't lioke changing the classic machine. Not even replacing PSUs
with switchers. The original PSU is part of the design, and I want to
keep it that way.
-tony