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Re: You can now hold a z15 in your hand

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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...

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  "Some of you may die,
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  but it's a sacrifice
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  I'm willing to make."
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |    -- Lord Farquaad (Shrek)

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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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