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Nova 1200 would be easier. Just glass panel painted mostly black and regular off-the-shelf switches. Bigger problem is the menacing glow of blinkenlichts. Leds
by timonoko 6y ago
Nova 1200 would be easier. Just glass panel painted mostly black and regular off-the-shelf switches. Bigger problem is the menacing glow of blinkenlichts. Leds will never do.
- tyingq 6y agoThere is a kit for an Altair replica which uses simpler switches. https://adwaterandstir.com/altair/ https://adwaterandstir.com/altair/
- wrs 6y agoIndeed, this era of machine retained a sort of “electromechanical” feel that the incandescent bulbs contribute to. Not to mention the DECwriter that was usually attached to it.
- dboreham 6y agoDECwriter would have been a luxury. ASR-33.
- alanlit 6y agoIf the PiDP11 follows Oscar's PiDP8 then the blinkenlights are pulse-width-modulated and you do get a warm glow out of them rather than a heartless and cold on/off. My recollection is that more of the PI's cpu cycles are spent doing this than are spent emulating the PDP8 (and, I'm guessing, the PDP11).