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Old 09-30-2020, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by SueAnders View Post
OK... hows about these 3 REALLY vintage compys we have...
Just a bit before any Apples: so who's old enough to be familiar with these?
I was an IBM programmer back then in the ol' punched card batch processing days of yore.
Ah, those halcyon times of VS/MVS, JCL, Fortran IV, Cobol, Pascal.
But here's a hint - these are NOT IBM! I like switches and blinking lights! LOL
More likely to be found in the science labs of grad schools in those days.
Very nice! I'd love to own one of the DEC minis, but even the later PDP-8s go for absolutely silly amounts of money these days. Closest thing I have to one is the front panel board from a PDP-8m. I do have some DEC hardware, notably the VAXstation pictured above and the parts from a VT-180 "Robin", but their equipment seems to be oddly hard to find even though I live within (relative) spitting distance of where DEC got its start.
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