I didn’t realize the LCM was in Seattle. THat’s pretty close to me, I’ll have to try and get over there when I can rope in an interested sighted friend.
Thanks for the insights and video links, all. I have to admit searching Youtube hadn’t occurred to me. Best, Zack. > On Feb 10, 2016, at 9:52 AM, Bob Supnik <[email protected]> wrote: > > The original article on restoration vs simulation > (http://www.hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/dtj/vol8num3/vol8num3art2.pdf) still > provides good insights into what's achievable by restoring old systems vs > simulating them. Co-author Max Burnet's collection of working DEC gear > provides a far better aural, and tactile recreation of using old DEC systems > than SimH. Unfortunately, it's a lot more difficult to access. > > The Living Computer Museum in Seattle has many working systems (PDP-7, > KI/KL/KS-10, VAX 785, Sigma 9) and is renovating more. The Computer History > Museum in Menlo Park has some working exhibits (PDP-1, IBM 1401, IBM RAMAC) > too. There are quite a few working minicomputers and microcomputers in > private hands as well. > > /Bob Supnik _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
