From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: carl.lowenstein@gmail.com (Carl Lowenstein) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 09:28:07 -0700 Subject: [pups] Suitable PDP11s, in the UK In-Reply-To: <18d205ed0711020715t12c7091awac6649f4efd2db0a@mail.gmail.com> References: <200711022334.39669.wes.parish@paradise.net.nz> <18d205ed0711020715t12c7091awac6649f4efd2db0a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <5904d5730711020928n217a681ar693c4fdf32630a96@mail.gmail.com> On 11/2/07, Gregg Levine wrote: > On 11/2/07, Tim Bradshaw wrote: > > On 2 Nov 2007, at 10:34, Wesley Parish wrote: > > > > > I'm thinking this would be the way to solve this sort of problem in > > > one fell > > > swoop, if as I suspect is likely, it is impossible to find a > > > working and > > > available PDP-11 in the UK. > > > > It's a cool idea, but I think it depends. That would be a bit like > > making a vintage car. People do that (even without the intention to > > fake them - there are, I think, many more type 35 Bugattis in > > existence than were ever made), but sometimes you want a vintage car, > > or computer, because it's vintage. > > > > --tim (owner of a vintage car, but also owner of an electronic enigma > > replica...) > > Hello! > There is just such a textbook, I've read it. However as luck would > have it today I can not remember its title. It might be the one that > MSResearch remembers, but its unlikely at best. Are you perhaps thinking of _The Art of Digital Design_? carl -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego clowenstein at ucsd.edu