On 08/26/2018 07:08 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 8/26/18 1:06 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:Everyone knows that we are more or less doing retro-computing here ...Thank you for giving it a name. Retro-computing. Very cute.Are you being sarcastic?
Not at all. Not in the least. If I were then there would be a "rant" attached somewhere. Some sort of hand waving wherein I realize that something annoying and prickly has occured. There isn't. You nailed it down neatly. There is a branch of computer hobby game playing which is more or less similar to the job description of a museum curator. Only of far less significance. I still have a DEC AlphaSERVER tucked away in the back of a warehouse and if I were to drag that hulk out then I am doing "retro-computing" and should fully expect not very much. Dust. Some noise. Broken parts and failed old battery bits. Sure a Sparc 20 with quad ross processors is cool in a curious way. I have one of those also. It has Red Hat zoot on it. Pure retro-computing but entirely useless and of no future value. A museum piece at best but really that should be reserved for the Z1 and the works of Konrad Zuse. dc