Arty computers

[Dave McGuire]

On Feb 1, 2007, at 4:28 AM, Warren Wolfe wrote:
> Ahoy the list....
>
>     Arty computers, eh?  I've watched this thread with some care,  
> and I
> have to say, considering the population of the list, that nobody has
> mentioned the DEC computers so near and dear to many of your hearts.
>> From the incredible PDP-1, with it's monitor that looked like the
> scanner from a futuristic spaceship, the cockpit look of the  
> PDP-12, to
> the incredible Oh-So-Seventies Op-Art look of much of the line,  
> with the
> PDP-8 in Earthtone profusion, the Diabolic looking PDP-11/40, and the
> ballsy PDP-11/70 with the outrageous red and purple color scheme, why
> didn't I see even ONE reference to them?  I am not a PDP man  
> myself, at
> least not much.  I only ended up actually working on a PDP-11/23  
> (which
> is one of the LEAST artistic of the line, BTW.)
>
>     Come on...  stand up for your machines!

   Ok, I'll bite.  A PDP-11/23 in a short rack with a pair of RLs is  
an aesthetically beautiful machine, in my opinion.

             -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL