Comments on: Ancient Computer To Be Rebooted https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/05/ancient-computer-to-be-reboote/ Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:55:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: MadScientist https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/05/ancient-computer-to-be-reboote/#comment-544104 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:55:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/05/ancient-computer-to-be-reboote/#comment-544104 Ah, the nice warm glow of nostalgia. Oh wait, that’s the multiple kilowatt radiation of the power supply and electronic tubes.

Having it run would be a truly underwhelming experience; Texas Instrument pocket calculators from the early 1970s were far more capable and they ran off a 9V battery.

The paper tape storage will have to be faked (or at least not entirely the original); paper tape was awful.

I love these modern computers that fit in my pocket and can run for almost a month off a 3V battery; they’re the equivalent of almost 40 Apple2e’s – try stuffing those beasts into your pockets.

]]> By: The Science Pundit https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/05/ancient-computer-to-be-reboote/#comment-544103 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:21:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/05/ancient-computer-to-be-reboote/#comment-544103

Yes, but will it run Linux?

I thought Linux was supposed to run on everything. But whatever; I won’t be impressed until I see the Antikythera Mechanism run Linux.

]]> By: megan https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/05/ancient-computer-to-be-reboote/#comment-544102 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:00:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/05/ancient-computer-to-be-reboote/#comment-544102

Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of these?

The size of a small city?

]]> By: gruebait https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/05/ancient-computer-to-be-reboote/#comment-544101 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:48:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/05/ancient-computer-to-be-reboote/#comment-544101 Yes, but will it run Linux?
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Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of these?

]]> By: Ole https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/05/ancient-computer-to-be-reboote/#comment-544100 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:15:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/05/ancient-computer-to-be-reboote/#comment-544100 Why do they have to reboot it – blue screen of death?

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