I'd love to see a KDF-9, but a LEO III is probably more realistic
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Ernest wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 17:45, ben franchuk wrote:
> > David V. Corbin wrote:
> > > Actually there are a number of us interested in Low power Schottky versions
> > > of of CPUs <grin>
> >
> > So lets have your vote for what replica's of old computers
> > that need to reconstructed at a functional level -- blinking
> > lights, mechanical I/O but it need not be the same hardware
> > level.
> >
> > We have 1 vote for a VAX.
> > I give 1 vote for a unamed 10/20 bit homebrew CPU.
> > (Grumble all the good names have been taken)
>
> My vote is for a metal box, with lots of blinken lights all over it, and
> a few non-sensically cryptic words and stripes silk screened artfully
> under specific areas and light groupings. Oh, and add a few toggle or
> paddle switches that probably don't actually do anything. Paint it a sky
> blue or chartreuse green, with orange or purple stripes, and it would be
> perfect. I don't care if it computes or not. I just like flippin
> switches and blinken lights. Weird paint schemes are good, also, and the
> box should use massive amounts of electricity and heat the entire house
> all by itself. We need more replica's like THAT.
>
>
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M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
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- Ovid
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