mrsparky opened this issue on May 19, 2013 · 16 posts
mrsparky posted Sun, 19 May 2013 at 7:58 PM
Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2867761
markschum posted Sun, 19 May 2013 at 9:35 PM
eeek , that looks like the one I used in college :woot:
it needs a paper tape reader and teletype :lol:
very nice , thnks
JohnDoe641 posted Sun, 19 May 2013 at 10:02 PM
I heard "beep bop boop bop" in my head when I first saw that. :P
Dale B posted Mon, 20 May 2013 at 5:58 AM
Aaaaaah, the good ol Altair 8800.....or one of its clones. All Hail the S-100 bus! and all the ways you could screw up and introduce signal transients in same.
Real coders only need 32k of static ram!
Get back, dude! My TTY can churn out almost 4 ppm! And that's on a 20ma loop!
That's not my phone, fool! -That- is an honest to God 32 baud acoustical coupler!!
NOOO! Don't Touch the Board Trace--- AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGH!!!!!!
The good old days........
ockham posted Mon, 20 May 2013 at 7:41 AM
Wonderful! I couldn't resist rigging up a lighted version..........
http://ockhamsbungalow.com/Beta/Altair-with-lights.gif
mrsparky posted Mon, 20 May 2013 at 7:52 AM
thanks everyone! Ockham - thats cool - how did you do that ? Also would making the materials any different in future help? Here just mapped the light to one zone
ockham posted Mon, 20 May 2013 at 8:05 AM
Mr S: I can send you the lighted version if you want to use it or add it. See private message.
cspear posted Mon, 20 May 2013 at 10:36 AM
Windows 10 x64 Pro - Intel Xeon E5450 @ 3.00GHz (x2)
PoserPro 11 - Units: Metres
Adobe CC 2017
nobodyinparticular posted Mon, 20 May 2013 at 1:17 PM
Something every super villain and secret government agency will want. Thank you very much.
mrsparky posted Mon, 20 May 2013 at 9:04 PM
Thanks all... ockham - Sir your're a superstar! Thanks for allowing this to be given away. I'll upload this to the site tomorrow night. cspear = I remember flares like that!
mamba-negra posted Mon, 20 May 2013 at 9:52 PM Online Now!
Your next project should be something like this one;) That would TRULY require a mad man to try and use a computer to take over the world.
http://images.pcworld.com/images/article/2012/02/ibm_402_4-11322346.jpg
This is still in use.
rokket posted Mon, 20 May 2013 at 11:30 PM
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
lmckenzie posted Tue, 21 May 2013 at 2:14 AM
"It looks like it would fit right in with something like this."- Yeah, DEC Rulez!
"For some reason, I am picturing Linda Carter...." - Wow, her glasses are as big as …
"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken
aRtBee posted Thu, 23 May 2013 at 9:19 AM
you might like this one: http://vimeo.com/66599774
(and all this is only 30 to 40 years ago. Been there too, seen it done it great times)
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Usually I'm wrong. But to be effective and efficient, I don't need to be correct or accurate.
visit www.aRtBeeWeb.nl (works) or Missing Manuals (tutorials & reviews) - both need an update though
monkeycloud posted Thu, 23 May 2013 at 9:30 AM
Fantastic :)
mrsparky posted Fri, 24 May 2013 at 6:39 AM