31 Jan
2014
31 Jan
'14
9:59 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis
Sent: 31 January 2014 17:49
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: SCSI2SD
On 01/31/2014 09:24 AM, Fred Cisin wrote:
oozing
Emulation, or substitution of modern systems,
somehow needs to be able
to include the noise, vibration, and smells.
Thank you, no. Years of sitting in a computer room with clattering card
readers, screaming line printers and the damned high-level white noise of
tape drive vacuum pumps have me cherishing the silence of modern
systems. One might as well wish his dentist to provide the nostalgia
of 1940's dental equipment.
I do not understand the propensity of humans to WANT noise, be it the
nerve-jangling rumble of a Harley-Davidson exhaust or the continuous of garbage from a radio.
--Chuck
I like quiet machines normally, especially the ones I sit next to all day.
But I can't wait to hear the noise from my recently acquired PDP11/45.
Regards
Rob