Some solder smoke, a Raspberry Pi, and modern 'retro' computing!
http://udel.edu/~mm/pidp8i/
:-)
73,
Mike ab3ap
On 05/18/2018 05:13 PM, Michael Gillen via Elecraft wrote:
I cut my programming teeth on a VAX-11/780 - sure brings back some great
memories… thanks!
Michael
KK6RWK
On May 18, 2018, at 2:04 PM, Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org> wrote:
I consider the K3S to be what Gordon Bell called a “mid-life kicker”. That is a
technology upgrade with small changes to the design. It extends the life of a
product without the cost of a major redesign. It can be a very smart move.
For example, the VAX-11/785 was the same as the VAX-11/780, but built with a
faster logic family so it was 50% faster. That is a pure example—a DEC
spokesman called it “bug for bug compatible”.
This is the section on “mid-life kickers” from a long chapter by Bell, Mudge,
and McNamara about technology and product strategy.
https://books.google.com/books?id=SDOoBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=gordon+bell+mid-life+kicker&source=bl&ots=qrJ7DM7xPt&sig=YZyqZTRujNvDkGTgPQffOUv2UBo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjI6fGJkJDbAhWHO48KHVSyCWUQ6AEwAHoECAEQKg#v=onepage&q=gordon%20bell%20mid-life%20kicker&f=false
And of course, you stay on top by obsoleting your own stuff before your
competitors do that.
wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
CM87wj
http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
On May 18, 2018, at 1:41 PM, Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
When your topline rig are is at or near the top of Rob Sherwood's list of the
best receivers and of the cleanest CW transmitters tested by ARRL, and your
super-portable rigs give most desktop rigs a run for their money on
performance, and when you've got first-rate power amps at the 100w, 500W, and
1,500W level, it's hard to justify the argument for a new transceiver.
73, Jim K9YC
On 5/18/2018 1:07 PM, Peter Pauly wrote:
I asked Eric if there were any new products and he said just the new amp
and the little portable antenna.
On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 3:36 PM, mark roz via Elecraft <
elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote:
Wow. No K4 at Dayton?
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