Please reference this thread on QRZ dealing with ACD, or Amateur Radio
Cheapness disease.
https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/two-new-genes-linked-to-amateur-radio-cheapness-disease-discovered.754456/
On 6/29/21 5:59 AM, [email protected] wrote:
I suppose you'll never understand... But for those of us who keep them I
understand.
Why throw away something that is still functional? One of my "many" hobbies
includes vintage computers. Considering that I use my IBM 5150 to write 1702 EPROMS
justifies not throwing the old machine away. I use another older DOS machine to build
images for my PDP11 that uses a SCSI controller. New hardware can't do this. The newer
machines don't support older style parallel and serial ports. The buss on the
motherboards do not allow for ISA cards. Also many hardware devices expect a 4.77 Mhz
clock. DOS box and other emulators don't interact well with real hardware.
And last... I love the new mentality that anything more than a few years old should
become eWaste. All this "obsolete" just is overwhelming our landfills. People
toss out cell phones, computers, TV's way before their useful life is up.
You do what you want, my parents taught me not to be wasteful.
73
Len
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dick
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 7:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Elecraft] Old DOS computers
I will never understand how those in the Amateur radio hobby can spend
thousands of dollars on equipment, yet they keep old PC’s that are not very
efficient at all, nor are they secure. It just defies logic !
Dick / W1REJ
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