28 Aug
2009
28 Aug
'09
3:07 p.m.
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Tony Duell wrote:
Realistically, that's the main time I have one of my PDP-11's running, in
part so that I don't have to worry about cooling. For much of what I do,
when I have time, an emulator is good enough. I hope to get the /73 put
back together in the very near future. It has been in pieces now for
basically a year.
Zane
I hate to
admit it, but there is some merit to that statement. Not that it
stops me from driving my '72 Dodge Pickup or running my old DEC gear. The
fact of the matter is that you can emulate a PDP-10, PDP-11, or VAX on a
Mini-ITX box that uses a *LOT* less power and generates a *LOT* less heat.
Not if you want to do something other than run the software...
And remember, if you don't run you PDP11, you have to turn the (normal)
heating up...