[Simh] SIMH and physical hardware (Zachary Kline)

[Zachary Kline]

I didn’t realize the LCM was in Seattle. THat’s pretty close to me, I’ll have to try and get over there when I can rope in an interested sighted friend.

Thanks for the insights and video links, all. I have to admit searching Youtube hadn’t occurred to me.
Best,
Zack.
> On Feb 10, 2016, at 9:52 AM, Bob Supnik <bob at supnik.org> wrote:
> 
> The original article on restoration vs simulation (http://www.hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/dtj/vol8num3/vol8num3art2.pdf) still provides good insights into what's achievable by restoring old systems vs simulating them. Co-author Max Burnet's collection of working DEC gear provides a far better aural, and tactile recreation of using old DEC systems than SimH. Unfortunately, it's a lot more difficult to access.
> 
> The Living Computer Museum in Seattle has many working systems (PDP-7, KI/KL/KS-10, VAX 785, Sigma 9) and is renovating more. The Computer History Museum in Menlo Park has some working exhibits (PDP-1, IBM 1401, IBM RAMAC) too. There are quite a few working minicomputers and microcomputers in private hands as well.
> 
> /Bob Supnik