On 2026-02-16 08:57, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk wrote:
On Feb 15, 2026, at 11:47 PM, Jacob Ritorto via cctalk <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi,
I like period correct hardware terminals for authentic immersion feels and have
been tending to RSX (and UNIX) PDP-11s since my teen years, quite a long time
now. I keep them in my living room and den, etc. Convincing setups that quite
look the part. And actually *are* the part; running much as though it’s still
1986. Very little emulation “cheating.” Real SMD disks, even, sometimes.
Anyway, one of the many fun things I do with them is chat rooms. People are
like, “you connected here on a WHAT?”
In doing this I find myself often chastised by my esteemed Internet colleagues
for using such “horrible” computers because “That’s the worst possible computer
you could pick” (real quote, minus some aspersions about power consumption) and
“what loser can’t scroll up and look through chat that’s more than 24 lines
back?!?”
I try to ignore all this in the name of “progress,” but, I mean, they have a
point. As much as I’m having a nice time with all this, it does hurt quite
enough already for all the other obvious reasons and then I CAN’T SCROLL
BACK?!? Come on.
If you have a decwriter or teletype instead of a glass tty, your scroll back is
however much paper you can keep around.
THAT'S the vintage spirit! ;-)
