You eventually realize that all of these old machines operate on the same basic principles and it becomes less "magic." For me, that does not detract from the fun and excitement of hacking on old computers. Thanks, Jonathan On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 9:11 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Good to hear your getting more comfortable with it. Hearing about the machines being used is the reward for spending time fixing them.
I appreciate your patience with teaching me and with waiting for me to have the time/ambition to try it. I felt bad telling you "not yet" so many times.
On Sun, Feb 24, 2019, 9:24 AM David Gesswein via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 09:56:32PM -0500, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Today I did PDP-8 chase-the-lights from the front panel "all by myself" ... last time Jeff B. and I helped each other. Feels good to use that intimidating front panel and have it work the first time without anyone watching over my shoulder for mistakes.
Good to hear your getting more comfortable with it. Hearing about the machines being used is the reward for spending time fixing them.
Next time (Wednesday): paper tape! Going to try to load some programs by following DG's instructions.
Hope it goes well.