6 Dec
1999
6 Dec
'99
7:31 a.m.
It's rather comical.. poor thing.. The 8/s wasn't exactly a super computer
but it is having a little difficulty printing a line of 32 characters (5X7
bits). I can read the text but by the time it finishes drawing the end of
the line, the first few characters start disappearing. I will try and post
some pictures over the next couple of days. It is pretty cool to see this
unit draw on an oscilloscope.
I will try some video games (some were written for the 8/s) and post some
pictures of that as well.
john
PDP-8 and other rare mini computers
http://www.pdp8.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, December 06, 1999 4:09 AM
Subject: Re: Tube experts! - I T WORKS!
>> The tube newsgroup recently has been talking
about buying old scopes
just
>> to harvest the tubes. When you get a good look
at what good quality
tubes
Is it just me, or is this as distasteful as scrapping classic computers
for gold? Old 'scopes have a perfectly good use already -- to display
waveforms
I have a Dumont 304a I tried to get $10 for without success. Pulling the
tubes will increase the value nicely. Its just like the 1130, if nobody is
willing to pay some premium over the value of the gold, then nobody wants
it very much.