11 Jun
2009
11 Jun
'09
11:33 p.m.
Josh Dersch wrote:
Yeah, what a horrible world we live in -- affordable,
powerful
hardware capable of running a wide variety of free, powerful, and
useful operating systems and software and emulating every vintage
system under the sun. A world -wide-network making the collecting and
maintainance of our hobby projects possible. Digital watches.
Yeah, we live in the worst of all possible worlds.
Christ. You guys are too cynical for me...
I've got to agree. Never before have people been able to indulge their
whims for "old school" computing as well as we can. Yes, CP/M is dead
as an O/S. I can still run my CP/M programs on my laptop, and run them
hundreds of times faster, with what amounts to infinite storage. I can
set up a computer to act like the first computer I used, an HP2000B in
TimeShare BASIC. And THAT runs much faster, with outrageously huge
drives. I can run a PDP-11 computer on Linux, or even MUMPS -- assuming
I had the proper disc image, which I don't. (Anybody?) Anyway, with
one reasonably priced computer I can be using most any computer I've
ever run, only on steroids. Heck, I'm happy about it. And then, when I
get tired of that, I can run modern software, or even Windows, on the
same hardware, and turn it into a tiny little machine if I want.
Increased processor power, memory, and storage, combined with truly
excellent emulators, have made the world a virtual paradise for classic
computing. Celebrate, folks!
Warren