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If you have the time and interest, get a broken 80s system and a cheap logic analyser. Try to fix it; I learnt most that way. Or get a working and a broken and
by tluyben2 10y ago
If you have the time and interest, get a broken 80s system and a cheap logic analyser. Try to fix it; I learnt most that way. Or get a working and a broken and first analyse the working and then the broken.
- abraae 10y agoA PDP-8 is an awesome machine if you want to get into this kind of thing. Not so big you'll need to extend your house. Front panel that will impress your friends. TTL logic that you can debug using a scope, replace dead chips with your soldering iron. Unless you have a problem in the core memory :) As with all old iron there is little point to it but I used to love it.
- tluyben2 10y agoAgreed, just very hard to get one... C64s are still easy to get. Edit: also I do not think there is little point: it still allows people to get away from the computer as magic. Even though it does not completely compare to a modern system, once you have done this you will never think you system is performing magic or that some coding bug is the universe conspiring against you.