1 Sep
2006
1 Sep
'06
3:37 p.m.
"Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
Actually that's more of a peripheral than a CPU or system. And
a little bit of a pet peeve of mine on most 10-year rules: they
talk about systems or CPU's and ignore that peripherals are
of GREAT interest, especially when the peripheral is useful on
multiple platforms.
There are some peripherals (e.g. open reel tape drives, paper tape,
punched cards) which span and bridge multiple generations (even
multiple decades) of CPU's.
Often I find the peripherals (and how to hook old peripherals to
modern systems) to be of VASTLY greater personal interest. Because
that's how you get to the media!
Tim.
OTOH
everybody's favorite hardware engine for SIMH or Charon-11
and how they've modded it with neon lights is probably NOT interesting
(unless they're Nixies!)
Tim.
Or something like the front panel for KLH10 from Spare Time Gizmos :^)