>>>>> "Jon" == Jon \"maddog\" Hall <jon.maddog.hall@gmail.com> writes:
>> The trouble with the old machines is the
>> eventual death of irreplacable hardware -- Pentium-MMX CPU Fans, PATA
>> disks and the like.
Jon> Emulators and virtual machines.....allow old copies of the OS to live forever.
Jon> I am, however, waiting for the "virtual car", for the time that
Jon> people can no longer get the little embedded systems that allow
Jon> modern-day cars to run. The era of "fixing up an old car" which
Jon> both trained you in auto mechanics and "gave you wheels" is
Jon> coming to a close.
Did you see the new game on early release on Steam? System Build
Simulator? Where you get to build a new PC in a simulation? Heh...
Another great resource is this blog, http://righto.com, who works on
old IMB 1401 systems with card punches, etc. Lots of great info
there.
John
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