14 Jul
2009
14 Jul
'09
10:27 a.m.
On 7/14/09, C. Sullivan <feedle at feedle.net> wrote:
A lot of the geeks around these parts (Portland,
Oregon) are building and
running variations of the "reprap" plastic printer hardware.
I'm part of a group building one in Columbus. We are still at the
"gather parts" stage.
I've already started making replacement IMSAI
switch toggles with one
(although they aren't exactly right yet, I'm still working on the design).
Cool. I look forward to your design. I'd personally want to print
replacement PDP-8 and PDP-11 toggles, among other things.
As a personal note: watching the local geekerati
playing with these
machines feels a lot like watching early home computer hobbyists in the
late-1970's playing with Imsais and their ilk. There's the potential for
something huge here, you can almost taste it.. once the bugs get worked out.
And they're certainly working them out.
I agree.
-ethan