[aklug] Re: Not too old?

From: Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com>
Date: Sun Nov 25 2012 - 15:01:41 AKST

On 11/25/2012 07:45 AM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/21/tech/innovation/witch-computer-restoration/index.html?hpt=hp_bn5
>

Wow, 40 byte cache and 20 multiplication operations per second! So,
anyone want to put together a Gnu/Linux distro for this baby? There's
got to be at least five or ten people on this list who are still
comfortable working with punch tape. ;)

Here is the YouTube video:

http://youtu.be/mF7wDFiFR2M

The interest part, I think, is that it is decimal, not binary based, and
that you can actually see the value of each memory unit at any time by
observe the spinning lights in the Dekatron tubes.

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