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perry 287 days ago | parent | on: Roll Call!
Doesn't the Analytical Engine work count as retrocomputing?
- ddingus 287 days ago
  Probably by now, but it is such a rare beast.
  Is there one running somewhere maybe? Super interesting hardware for sure.
perry 287 days ago | parent | on: Roll Call!
Hello! I not only lurk, I mostly use the RSS feed so I probably don't even show up on site statistics.
I started with a PDP-8e in the old old days and then worked a lot on PDP-10 (DECSYSTEM-20) hardware before eventually landing in Unixland on the VAX 11/750, so I suppose I'm much more of a retro big iron guy.
I did touch some personal computers in the old days, though, including the C64, and I owned an original IBM PC.
- ddingus 287 days ago
  I find myself craving an original PC from time to time.
  Yeah, big iron! I am interested but lack the space, so I watch others with great interest.
  I did get really into Sgi machines, but those are a newer breed. They do have that big iron feel. At one point I had quite a set, Origin server, Indy machines, an O2... purged it all in the early 10's and went small, embedded after that.