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Re: You can now hold a z15 in your hand

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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.

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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

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