[ale] OT: Woah, retro!

[Geoffrey]

I think I still have a punch tape of Unix for a pdp11.  We should be okay...

James P. Kinney III wrote:
> 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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