The late, great TRS-80

27 Jun 2007

...
    > Err, I've got a PDP8/e + TU56 DECtape + PC04
 paper
   tape on
my desk...  
  An 8/e? Meant to be rackmounted I would think.  You

 That's the one... I didn't have a spare rack at the
 time, so it ended up 
 on my desk  
  Are your capacitors oozing out all over the place? 
You mean the motor run capacitors in the TU56? Not yet. I guess that'll 
be a joy for the future :-)

[...]

...
   What is the
definition of 'off the shelf'? I don't
 take it literally to 
 mean you could necessarily go into a shop and take
 one 'off the shelf'. 
 To me, if the machine came ready-to-use in a
 standard configuration, 
 that's ;off the shelf' even if it was only available
 by mail order.  
  Me too, but if you want to get technical, off the
 shelf should be taken literally (w/argument). I don't 
As a silly example, I would say my lathe was an off-the-shelf model, in 
that it's one of the standard configurations. But I doubt it's ever been 
on a real shelf (it would have to be a darn strong shelf :-))

...
  think it's relevant if you could walk out w/it or
have
 it come in the mail. 
Agreed.

...
   I really
don't see this love of colour or
 graphics....  
  So you're not an art lover of any sort either? 
Actually, not really. I find beauty in fine engineering, electrical and 
mechanical.

And if I did care to look at a painting, I would not be satisfied with 
seeing it on a computer display. I have never seen a computer display 
with sufficient resolution or colour performance for this sort of thing

-tony

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