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There's no point to running antiques any more, not when, for example, you can buy a reproduction PDP11/70 front panel that runs on a Raspi runnig an emulator ru

There's no point to running antiques any more, not when, for example, you can buy a reproduction PDP11/70 front panel that runs on a Raspi runnig an emulator running genuine V7 Unix!

defrost 3y ago
Some machines transcend reproduction. https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/supercomputers/10/73 https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/supercomputers/10... https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/cray_h.jpg https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/cray_h.jpg
- cdchn 3y ago
  You can have a desktop CM-1 if you'd like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kROJoixSFDY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kROJoixSFDY
  - defrost 3y ago
    Cute, but I'm not seeing 4,096 processors in a hypercube topology there .. just some blinkenlights :(
    - cdchn 3y ago
      You can probably emulate that pretty easily with a Raspberry Pi, which contains a huge amount more processing power, but I guess I understand how its just "not the same".
- Takennickname 3y ago
  Peak HN: First comment: cool. I had experience with these. Second comment: Where can I get one? Third: I used this machine which has nothing to do with this conversation. Fourth: Why would you use that machine when you can get a reproduction? Fifth: You can't reproduce supercomputers. I'm fairly certain at this point that the internet is just a bunch of people talking past each other.