[Simh] SIMH and physical hardware
David Gesswein
djg at pdp8online.com
Wed Feb 10 07:32:44 EST 2016
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 08:32:25AM +0100, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
>
> Anyway, I think the best thing you can do is go to see a real machine,
> perhaps at the LCM. It aught to give you a sense of the size, noise and
> smell of old gear.
>
The other place I know of is vintage computer festivals. The local
one to me largest machine is likely to be a couple rack PDP with mostly
small computers.
http://www.vintagecomputerfederation.org/
I let people touch my machine at the VCF. Emulator could match sound but no
way to match feel of typing on a teletype. Also need the smell-o-vision for
the warm oil smell they give off.
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