Well . . . you're right, but it might read, "300 PC's replace CRAY - film at
11." That's in place of the popular Cheers or Frasier reruns . . .
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: Wirin' up blinkenlights
>
> PC replaces Cray...film at 11.
>
> Not quite yet, I'm afraid. The PC isn't the end-all, be-all of
> computing.
>
> -Dave McGuire
>
> On June 8, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> > Careful, now . . . due to the passage of time and the change of the
> > "climate" the PDP's, Vaxen, Cray's, etc, that are sitting in basements
and
> > garages are the toys now, and the former toys, the PC's, are the "real"
> > computers. Bizzarre, isn't it?
> >
> > Dick
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: R. D. Davis <rdd_at_smart.net>
> > To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 4:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: Wirin' up blinkenlights
> >
> >
> > > On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Tony Duell wrote:
> > > > > simulator and a PDP-11/45 front panel with no CPU boards. I'd
like to
> > do
> > > > > sort of a faux PDP-11/45 with this setup by somehow wiring the
front
> > panel
> > > > > up to the PC running Sim.
> > > > >
> > > > > Am I completely out of my mind, or is there even the remotest
chance
> > of
> > > >
> > > > We're all out of our minds on this list ;-)
> > >
> > > Actually, I think that adding blinking lights, and switches, to any
> > > computer is a good idea, and, as my PDP-11s don't have lights and
> > > switches, I think it's time to add them... by creating a separate rack
> > > panel, of course. Has anyone here added lights and switches to one of
> > > the PDP-11s of incomplete design?
> > >
> > > > It's _possible_. It's probably less work to find a set of 11/45 CPU
> > > > boards and get them working, but it's still _possible_ to do what
you
> > ask.
> > >
> > > The idea of finding a set of PDP-11 boards is a better idea, as then
the
> > > front panel could be used with non-toy computer equipment.
> > >
> > > --
> > > R. D. Davis
> > > rdd_at_perqlogic.com
> > > http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd
> > > 410-744-4900
> > >
>
Received on Thu Jun 08 2000 - 20:50:23 BST