Y Combinator is restoring one of Alan Kay's Xerox Alto machines

curiousmarc3 at gmail.com curiousmarc3 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 9 03:15:17 CDT 2016


> On Sep 7, 2016, at 4:18 PM, Josh Dersch <derschjo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yep, the NEC uPD416D's are what we have in the Alto we recently restored.
> And yeah, it takes awhile, but it's worth the effort :).
> 
> Have fun!
> - Josh
Out of curiosity, did you find any bad RAM chips in your system? If so, how many? I had only one bad one in one of my HP 85 (out of 8), but it definitely happens.
Marc


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