CBM 8032 SK (& electronics)

From: Absurdly Obtuse <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Fri Aug 24 13:05:28 2001

On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:

> > That's fair enough. Personally, I doubt any of the older computers are
> > *truly* elegant internally - there was too much learning going on. I'm not
> > even sure if it's true of modern computers either.
> >
> > Of course, you'll prove me wrong now... ;)
>
> I dunno about that. In the past 24 hours, I've worked on the
> innards of an SGI Onyx, an AlphaServer 2100A, and a PDP11/34a. I'll
> take the 25-year-old PDP11 over any of them, physical design wise.

I think he might have been referring to older micros, Dave.

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Fri Aug 24 2001 - 13:05:28 BST