[ale] OT: Woah, retro!

[James P. Kinney III]

I could probably put my hands on a PDP-10 if I really wanted to play
with antiques.

In the event of planet-wide disaster (asteroid impact) does the
knowledge still exist to recreate the computer revolution or would it
really be back to the dark ages? Could we actually hand code a
rudimentary compiler than feed it the parts to build a better one until
we recover back to this point (minus M$, of course :)

On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 22:10, Geoffrey wrote:
> Okay, do I need to dig out my 3b2 300?
> 
> Jonathan Glass (IBB) wrote:
> > My parents just retrieved their furniture from long-term storage.  In it
> > they found my Tandy 1000SX!  2 5.25" floppy drives and 640K of RAM!! 
> > Granted, it isn't as cool your stuff...but I wonder if I can get Linux
> > to run on that old 8088?
> > 
> > :)
> > 
> > Jonathan
> > 
> > On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 19:40, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > 
> >>During a spouse unit mandated cleaning, I was required to get rid of my
> >>TI 99-4A card programmable calculator with the add on memory module and
> >>thermal printer unit and several plug-in program packs including
> >>statistics, statics and fluid flow engineering. Her excuse to have me
> >>get rid of the lot was that the battery pack was dead and the charger
> >>wouldn't run it any more.
> >>
> >>sigh
> >>
> >>
> >>On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 13:43, Joe wrote:
> >>
> >>>I got a package in the mail from my grandma today, containing assorted
> >>>junk of mine that she found floating around the house. It contained
> >>>the following items, among others, which I mention purely for the joy
> >>>of having them back in my posession:
> >>>
> >>>- My Dad's Texas Instruments SR-50 scientific calculator, c. 1975. No
> >>>battery pack, no adapter, no manual. This machine was the central
> >>>computing engine at Dad's land-surveying business for about five
> >>>years in the 70's.
> >>>
> >>>- My Timex/Sinclair 1000, c. 1982, Z80A, 1K RAM. With manual (!), but
> >>>no power supply, alas. Anybody got a dead one with a working power
> >>>supply they'd be willing to part with? I'd love to see if this thing
> >>>still boots. Hmm, maybe I can pick up a workable P/S at Radio Snack...
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>
> >>>-- Joe Knapka
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Local Net Solutions,LLC        \           at a time.          /
770-493-8244                    \.___________________________./
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