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It would take unusual dedication, plenty of space, and a huge budget for electricity and air con to run a KL10 at home. I understand the attraction, because th
by TheOtherHobbes 3y ago
It would take unusual dedication, plenty of space, and a huge budget for electricity and air con to run a KL10 at home.
I understand the attraction, because they were very popular with users - partly because TOPS-10 was relatively intuitive and could be learned by almost anyone, and timesharing was very much an experience of personal computing.
That was a huge deal when most computing still had to go through operators and other expert intermediaries.
TOPS-20 was more refined and tried to be even friendlier, with nice features like command completion.
Neither was at all UNIXy - a good thing IMO.
- zabzonk 3y agohe was prepared to sacrifice his 2-car garage, but i think the three-phase and other electrics defeated him. of couurse, it wouldn't have been switched on anywhere near all the time. and his girlfriend wasn't keen. perhaps a bit too big for a hobby project?