Sent from my Samsung device -------- Original message -------- From: "Ian S. King" <[email protected]> Date: 2016-11-29 7:19 PM (GMT-08:00) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Thinking about acquiring PDP stuff On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 5:17 PM, Brad H <[email protected] > wrote: > > > That sounds interesting. I imagine they'd be worth even more than an 8/E? > > > Keep in mind that the 8/I is a fairly substantial investment in space and weight. Also, if you want to add something, it's not as easy as plugging a card into a backplane. The 8/I requires wirewrap work. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington >There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon >could go to China." I'm curious.. what do people do with these things? I've seen videos of some in large racks being used to play music, etc. The rack ones seem like a a pretty substantial investment in space for something that doesnt (or does it?) have much practical use today.
