25 Mar
2004
25 Mar
'04
3 p.m.
Walked away from a fully functional and still warm KDF6 I could have taken
(but for space limitations), with nothing but a tape reader assy, about 30
years back- always regretted it!
DaveB, NZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Merle K. Peirce" <at258(a)osfn.org>
To: <ernest(a)apple2clones.com>om>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
Posts" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: Computer Replica's
My vote is for a metal box, with lots of blinken lights all over it, and
a few non-sensically cryptic words and stripes silk screened artfully
under specific areas and light groupings. Oh, and add a few toggle or
paddle switches that probably don't actually do anything. Paint it a sky
blue or chartreuse green, with orange or purple stripes, and it would be
perfect. I don't care if it computes or not. I just like flippin
switches and blinken lights. Weird paint schemes are good, also, and the
box should use massive amounts of electricity and heat the entire house
all by itself. We need more replica's like THAT.
--
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
I'd love to see a KDF-9, but a LEO III is probably
more realistic
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Ernest wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 17:45, ben franchuk wrote:
> > David V. Corbin wrote:
> > > Actually there are a number of us interested in Low power Schottky
versions
of of CPUs
<grin>
So lets have your vote for what replica's of old computers
that need to reconstructed at a functional level -- blinking
lights, mechanical I/O but it need not be the same hardware
level.
We have 1 vote for a VAX.
I give 1 vote for a unamed 10/20 bit homebrew CPU.
(Grumble all the good names have been taken)