24 Jun
2015
24 Jun
'15
9:05 p.m.
On 6/24/2015 10:01 PM, dave at 661.org wrote:
On Wed, 24 Jun 2015, ben wrote:
I thought it was phones ... for the last 20 years.
Radio Shack is no more...
On 6/24/2015 12:10 AM, dave at 661.org wrote:
With 3d printers, it shouldn't be too much of a problem to make your own
paddles at whatever scale is required. The only catch I perceive is
which switch to use. I'm thinking of a fairly common slide micro-switch
that seems to have been a Radio Shack staple for at least 20 years.
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Phil Budne wrote:
But only if you build a 1/4 size version ... switches still are a pain
to source.
Ben. If I were going thru the trouble, I'd want
build a TX-0 clone!
I think it would me more interesting to build a replica of a pdp-8
straight-eight using significantly-reduced flip chips with surface-mount
parts.