28 Apr
2012
28 Apr
'12
11:29 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
I thought _modern_ PCs had one steady light with millions of
blinkenfliters in front of it.
No, those don;'t turn it into a PDP8. I want
blinkenlights,
Modern PCs often give you millions of those. either POSbus, NEGbus or Omnibus I/O,
Modern PCs have a positive bus.
and most importantly, compoennts i can replace
individually. -tony
Modern PCs do have components you can replace individually. There is
some variation, but typically the replaceable components are:
* system unit
* monitor
* power cable (typically two)
* video cable
* keyboard
* mouse