11 Aug
2012
11 Aug
'12
12:58 p.m.
Why not? Is it
impossible to write find the OS anywhere else?
Or to writ
at least soemthign that talks to the termianl ports?
Several reasons think:-
1. Lack of documentation from MSI/SSI chips, so it is possible to understand
it).
2. Money
Unless you are peaying for the volunteer's time, there should be little
money invovled. I woudl argue that taking on such a project would eb very
dducational, and that a numebr of people would jump at the chance.
3. The "Museum" things we have already
mentioned.
Any museum policy ytat ptrevents an otherwiese worthelss machine from
being got to run again is fundamentally broken IMHO.
A vvery clean
ASR33 is not good. It may eman it's never seen
the business
end of an oil can...
They have oil in the proper places....
simulation (Raspberry PI based perhaps) to give folks the
experience
of
using a TTY with auithentic old software?
Wait a second... If you have the 'authentic old software',
why can it not
be run on the mini?