15 Aug
2012
15 Aug
'12
8:07 a.m.
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Jerome H. Fine <jhfinedp3k at compsys.to> wrote:
In that case, how do you manage to retain the hardware
which
you use in a running state? For many years, I collected PDP-11
hardware until about 2002 in order to have sufficient spares. After
Ersatz-11 became so enhanced, that was not longer necessary.
What do you do for your hardware?
While I don't have to room to store minicomputers and mainframes, I DO
keep an Amiga 500 around. I mainly keep it going by keeping it stored
in the main part of my home rather than the basement, garage or a
storage locker. This is important because it means that I can fire
things up for testing every now and then and also because it's not
subject to the poor environmental conditions that it would have in a
more conventional storage location.
Mike