30 Mar
2004
30 Mar
'04
8:09 p.m.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 12:46:29PM -0800, Tom Jennings wrote:
Lots of "reproductions" are disappointing if
all of the
physicality isn't right, to me anyways. A PDP-8 that was 2"
thick and hung on the wall just wouldn't cut it. I know it
sounds pedantic but clearly, we're talking about an aesthetic
experience, if you just wanted to run the software an emulator
is enough. WE WANT HARDWARE!
Hey! I happen to like my SBC-6120... I'll be hanging it on the wall
as soon as I can fashion a frame for it. For now, it sits next to
my desk.
You could always mount it in a rack (with a lot of empty space behind
it ;-)
Speaking of which, since the SBC-6120 is 2/3 size, I've been thinking
what it would take to put dual 5.25" floppies in an undersized "rack".
I've already been thinking about how to use some of the 36 I/O pins on
the IOB-6120 to talk to a real RX01/RX02 drive... this would be an
extension of that.
-ethan
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