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A 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 friend
by abraae 10y ago
A 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.