13 Dec
2006
13 Dec
'06
12:36 a.m.
I own XDS (SDS) Sigma 9 Panel and brought it back to
life.
It was quite an undertaking, as the panel consists of about
100 lamps -- and hand wiring all of them took quite a bit of
labor.
It now blinks -- in some sort of random
"computing" fashion
-- but is essentially a useless piece of eye-candy when it
comes to being a useful computer (after all, I don't have
anything else except the programming console). But I must
admit, it is a pretty sight watching all those blinkenlights
flicker on and off :-)
I also own an SDS 940 programming console -- but
I've chosen
to leave that untouched (a dead soul, if you will).
-Eric
P.S. -- I'd post a video of it in action, but I
don't own
a video camera (I'll have to borrow one). I did take a bunch
of snapshots in succession and piece them together -- kind of
a kludge -- but you get an idea of what it looks like after
watching it. Not nearly as nice if it were a smooth video though.
If anyone is interested, and I can get around to it, I'll post
a picture or two, and the "piecemeal" video on a website in
the (maybe near) future.
I put up a few snapshots of my XDS Sigma 9 Console in action, and a
snapshot of my XDS "dead" SDS 940 Console. I chose not to put up the
kludged "snapshot video" of the XDS Sigma 9 Console just because it
really doesn't do justice to what it looks like when it comes to life.
Anyway, if interested, see:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27979878 at N00/
-Eric