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  You can now hold a z15 in your hand Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-15 12:26 -0700
    Re: You can now hold a z15 in your hand Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-12-15 14:39 -0500
      Re: You can now hold a z15 in your hand Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-12-16 02:10 -0800
        Re: You can now hold a z15 in your hand J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-12-16 07:57 -0500
          Re: You can now hold a z15 in your hand Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-12-16 05:18 -0800
            Re: You can now hold a z15 in your hand Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-12-16 14:52 +0000
              Re: You can now hold a z15 in your hand Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-12-16 16:53 +0000
            Re: You can now hold a z15 in your hand "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2020-12-16 20:16 +0000
        Re: You can now hold a z15 in your hand Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-16 07:19 -0700
          Re: You can now hold a z15 in your hand Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-12-16 15:08 +0000
            Re: You can now hold a z15 in your hand Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-12-16 16:55 +0000
              Re: You can now hold a z15 in your hand "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2020-12-16 20:25 +0000
                Re: You can now hold a z15 in your hand Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-12-16 21:21 +0000
            Re: You can now hold a z15 in your hand Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-12-16 18:38 +0000
    Re: You can now hold a z15 in your hand John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-12-15 23:23 +0000

#215499 — You can now hold a z15 in your hand

https://twitter.com/ibm/status/1338876387034341380?s=21


-- 
Pete

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#215500

Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> writes:

> https://twitter.com/ibm/status/1338876387034341380?s=21

I think Twitter is putting us on.
Follow the links to IBM, the single frame model is 15" wide.  Looks like height
is 3 or 4 times the width.  I guess I could pick it up, but it would be
pretty heavy.  Not something to hold in one hand.

I got as far as finding the PDF for the hardware but IBM wanted to know
who I was to download the PDF.

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Dan Espen

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#215503

On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 12:39:39 PM UTC-7, Dan Espen wrote:

> I think Twitter is putting us on. 

The tweet, mentioning IBM's Z15 brochure, is by an individual who made himself
a 3D-printed model of a Z15. IBM is indeed not giving out small plastic models of
the Z15.

John Savard

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#215504

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 02:10:05 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc
<jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

>On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 12:39:39 PM UTC-7, Dan Espen wrote:
>
>> I think Twitter is putting us on. 
>
>The tweet, mentioning IBM's Z15 brochure, is by an individual who made himself
>a 3D-printed model of a Z15. IBM is indeed not giving out small plastic models of
>the Z15.

OTOH, 50 years down the road somebody might put the then-equivalent of
a Raspberry Pi in the model, load it up with Hercules, and have
something that can do anything the Z15 can do subject to the lack of
connectors inherent in the tiny package.

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#215505

On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 5:57:52 AM UTC-7, J. Clarke wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 02:10:05 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc 
> <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote: 

> >The tweet, mentioning IBM's Z15 brochure, is by an individual who made himself 
> >a 3D-printed model of a Z15. IBM is indeed not giving out small plastic models of 
> >the Z15.

> OTOH, 50 years down the road somebody might put the then-equivalent of 
> a Raspberry Pi in the model, load it up with Hercules, and have 
> something that can do anything the Z15 can do subject to the lack of 
> connectors inherent in the tiny package.

Oh, of course.

As an example of the sort of present-day thing that no doubt inspired your remark...

http://obsolescenceguaranteed.blogspot.com/2020/02/inevitaby-pidp-10.html

John Savard

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#215508

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 05:18:19 -0800, Quadibloc wrote:

> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 5:57:52 AM UTC-7, J. Clarke wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 02:10:05 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca>
>> wrote:
> 
>> >The tweet, mentioning IBM's Z15 brochure, is by an individual who made
>> >himself a 3D-printed model of a Z15. IBM is indeed not giving out
>> >small plastic models of the Z15.
> 
>> OTOH, 50 years down the road somebody might put the then-equivalent of
>> a Raspberry Pi in the model, load it up with Hercules, and have
>> something that can do anything the Z15 can do subject to the lack of
>> connectors inherent in the tiny package.
> 
> Oh, of course.
> 
> As an example of the sort of present-day thing that no doubt inspired
> your remark...
> 
> http://obsolescenceguaranteed.blogspot.com/2020/02/inevitaby-
pidp-10.html

Yes, I am already waiting for that. Already have the PiDP-8 and PiDP-10, 
and working on a couple of my own.

-- 
Using UNIX since v6 (1975)...

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 http://www.mirrorservice.org

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#215511

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:52:25 +0000, Bob Eager wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 05:18:19 -0800, Quadibloc wrote:
> 
>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 5:57:52 AM UTC-7, J. Clarke wrote:
>>> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 02:10:05 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca>
>>> wrote:
>> 
>>> >The tweet, mentioning IBM's Z15 brochure, is by an individual who
>>> >made himself a 3D-printed model of a Z15. IBM is indeed not giving
>>> >out small plastic models of the Z15.
>> 
>>> OTOH, 50 years down the road somebody might put the then-equivalent of
>>> a Raspberry Pi in the model, load it up with Hercules, and have
>>> something that can do anything the Z15 can do subject to the lack of
>>> connectors inherent in the tiny package.
>> 
>> Oh, of course.
>> 
>> As an example of the sort of present-day thing that no doubt inspired
>> your remark...
>> 
>> http://obsolescenceguaranteed.blogspot.com/2020/02/inevitaby-
> pidp-10.html
> 
> Yes, I am already waiting for that. Already have the PiDP-8 and PiDP-10,
> and working on a couple of my own.

Oops. The second one should be PiDP-11, of course.



-- 
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 http://www.mirrorservice.org

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#215516

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 13:18:19 GMT, Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 5:57:52 AM UTC-7, J. Clarke wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 02:10:05 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc 
>> <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote: 
> 
>> >The tweet, mentioning IBM's Z15 brochure, is by an individual who
>> >made himself a 3D-printed model of a Z15. IBM is indeed not giving
>> >out small plastic models of the Z15.
> 
>> OTOH, 50 years down the road somebody might put the then-equivalent
>> of a Raspberry Pi in the model, load it up with Hercules, and have 
>> something that can do anything the Z15 can do subject to the lack of 
>> connectors inherent in the tiny package.
> 
> Oh, of course.
> 
> As an example of the sort of present-day thing that no doubt inspired
> your remark... 
> 
> http://obsolescenceguaranteed.blogspot.com/2020/02/inevitaby-pidp-10.ht
> ml 
> 
> John Savard


Oh dear, 11th March last update.

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#215506

Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 12:39:39 PM UTC-7, Dan Espen wrote:
> 
>> I think Twitter is putting us on. 
> 
> The tweet, mentioning IBM's Z15 brochure, is by an individual who made himself
> a 3D-printed model of a Z15. IBM is indeed not giving out small plastic models of
> the Z15.
> 

Right. I re-read the ad? The word ”model” could have been interpreted two
ways, and I picked the wrong one. Maybe the model maker could sell them so
we could stick RPis in them.
  

-- 
Pete

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#215509

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 07:19:12 -0700
Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Right. I re-read the ad? The word ”model” could have been interpreted two
> ways, and I picked the wrong one. Maybe the model maker could sell them so
> we could stick RPis in them.

	Hmm build a working table top model of a large 1970s mainframe
installation with a Pi in the CPU box with an LCD to show the blinkenlights,
micro SD slots in the tape drives (and either a display or tiny tape reels)
and disc cabinets, a cash register print mechanism in tiny 1403 cases ...

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C:\>WIN                                     | A better way to focus the sun
The computer obeys and wins.                |    licences available see
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#215512

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:08:33 +0000, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 07:19:12 -0700 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Right. I re-read the ad? The word ”model” could have been interpreted
>> two ways, and I picked the wrong one. Maybe the model maker could sell
>> them so we could stick RPis in them.
> 
> 	Hmm build a working table top model of a large 1970s mainframe
> installation with a Pi in the CPU box with an LCD to show the
> blinkenlights,
> micro SD slots in the tape drives (and either a display or tiny tape
> reels) and disc cabinets, a cash register print mechanism in tiny 1403
> cases ...

 https://www.chrisfenton.com/homebrew-cray-1a/

-- 
Using UNIX since v6 (1975)...

Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
 http://www.mirrorservice.org

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#215517

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:55:06 GMT, Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:08:33 +0000, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 07:19:12 -0700 Peter Flass
>> <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Right. I re-read the ad? The word ”model” could have been
>>> interpreted two ways, and I picked the wrong one. Maybe the model
>>> maker could sell them so we could stick RPis in them.
>> 
>>      Hmm build a working table top model of a large 1970s mainframe
>> installation with a Pi in the CPU box with an LCD to show the
>> blinkenlights,
>> micro SD slots in the tape drives (and either a display or tiny tape
>> reels) and disc cabinets, a cash register print mechanism in tiny
>> 1403 cases ...
> 
>  https://www.chrisfenton.com/homebrew-cray-1a/
> 
http://www.chrisfenton.com/cray-1-digital-archeology/

Wow!

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#215518

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:25:19 -0000 (UTC)
"Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:55:06 GMT, Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> wrote:
> 
> >  https://www.chrisfenton.com/homebrew-cray-1a/
> > 
> http://www.chrisfenton.com/cray-1-digital-archeology/
> 
> Wow!

Seconded!

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C:\>WIN                                     | A better way to focus the sun
The computer obeys and wins.                |    licences available see
You lose and Bill collects.                 |    http://www.sohara.org/

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#215515

On 2020-12-16, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 07:19:12 -0700
> Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Right. I re-read the ad? The word ”model” could have been interpreted two
>> ways, and I picked the wrong one. Maybe the model maker could sell them so
>> we could stick RPis in them.
>
> 	Hmm build a working table top model of a large 1970s mainframe
> installation with a Pi in the CPU box with an LCD to show the blinkenlights,
> micro SD slots in the tape drives (and either a display or tiny tape reels)
> and disc cabinets, a cash register print mechanism in tiny 1403 cases ...

And sound effects - don't forget the noises each device made so that you
can tell from the next room whether your program was running properly...

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#215501

In article <588403271.629753148.034031.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> you write:
>https://twitter.com/ibm/status/1338876387034341380?s=21

Somehow, I am reminded of an old joke.

A Texan rancher visits a farm in Israel.

Texan: how big is your spread?

Farmer: it runs over to that row of trees there, and that hill over there.

Texan: at my place, I can get in my car and drive from sunup to sundown and not
get to the end of my property.

Farmer: yeah, I had a car like that, too.

-- 
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John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly

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