15 Oct
2007
15 Oct
'07
3:31 p.m.
Okay, how about I cut down to the point:
-I'm 17 and have a wicked case of OCD
When I was a little older than you (not having learnt to drive, and in
fact still not having learnt to drive), I carried minicomputers and their
peripehrals on trains. I would also routinely read schematic diagrams on
such journeys...
-I like old electronics
Check.
-I use a 5 1/4" floppy drive on a normal basis
My main PC has a 5.25" drive. I've got a couple from an HP desktop
machine going on the bench soon for a full overhaul and alignment.
-I like things that have blinkenlites and make cool
whirring noises
Check. I have a PDP8/e on my desk.
-I have passed notes written in hex to a friend in
class ("what are you doi=
ng at lunch?")
Yep. And read paper tape by eye...
Just owning a computer like this would complete my childhood.
Yes, I am a very strange person indeed. :P
You're really going to fit in here :-)
-tony