On Mar 4, 2014, at 2:20 PM, Alan Hightower <alan at alanlee.org> wrote:
I don't think you are going to find enough PDP8 owners for a kickstarter.
Sounds like an interesting project. However if you include 1 SMT chip, you could do it
with FRAM or MRAM - which are in a way a modern day equivalent of core memory. A nice
link to the past.
Most people I know who restore old machines, including me, have an irrational disdain for
batteries.
Irrational? Given the damage I've seen batteries do when they leak, I'd
hardly call it irrational.
- Dave