I wish I knew what you guys were complaining about. You can dowhatever you want to your machine. This thread sounds like a bunch of old guys complaining because they can’t understand whats going on. Get off my lawn!
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 24, 2025, at 20:28, Murray McCullough via cctalk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jon Elson wrote: > > “Was just too daunting and I gave up on it.” > > I think this tells us why the ‘ownership’ of computers is the way it is > now! As another writer wrote recently, and I apologize for not remembering > his name, says: “Rights to your own machine are hobbled by legal > restrictions” and I’ll add security concerns. We live in a much different > world than what was in the 70’s and 80’s. Firmware plays an equal role as > access to root system isn’t possible; booting a computer was possible at > root level-not now; BIOS/UEFI are paramount these days and access to TPM > isn’t possible for average computer users. One’s computer must not be > susceptible to unauthorized individuals or even now it seems the owner. > > Murray 🙂 > > > >> On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Here's one: Cramer Intel 8080A Microcomputer >> https://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=819 >> Wire-wrapped 8080 system built to compete in the Altair market, and >> flopped. >> >> " Cramer Electronics Incorporated started advertising this 8080 kit >> microcomputer, the "Cramerkit", in late 1975 for $495 (or was it $1495?) >> but none were delivered until the spring of 1976. The Cramerkit was >> designed by Microcomputer Technique Inc. and was shipped partially >> assembled. " >> >> On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM Jon Elson via cctalk < >> [email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On 11/23/25 22:13, ben via cctalk wrote: >>>> Who has strange or one of a kind computers out there? >>>> I have a 18 bit homebrew (cpld) with 256Kb ram and just a >>>> bootstrap loader. >>>> >>> I built a 32-bit bit slice processor out of AMD 2903 and >>> 2910 parts. See: >>> >>> https://pico-systems.com/stories/1982.html >>> >>> I did write a micro assembler for it and ran a few test >>> programs. But, the work ahead of me (interfacing memory and >>> an I/O bus, writing 360 microcode and coming up with a >>> Pascal compiler and writing my own OS and editor, etc. was >>> just too daunting and I gave up on it. >>> >>> Jon >>> >>
