6 Aug
2001
6 Aug
'01
6:22 p.m.
On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Gunther Schadow wrote:
Re-implementations of PDPs, VAXen or other computers are one thing,
also new IO modules for old computers are another interesting use are
conceivable.
That's right. For each part, there will come a time when there are no
more original, functioning instances. Our ability to continue the
tradition will then lie in our ability to put something else in their
place.
The disk adapters are particularly interesting, since
a time will come
[...] so having a MASSBUS to IDE card might just come to the rescue.
Indeed. However, what we should concentrate on **IMHO** is manufacturing
new parts according to the old designs (e.g., building an RP05 from
scratch) rather than grafting new technology onto the old (e.g., hooking
an IDE drive to a Massbus controller). It might not be feasible now for
some or most parts, but at some point between now and the advent of
Star-Trek-style replicators, it will. "PDP, 11/70, hot!"
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com