[rescue] WTB: Good 'antique' computer for education

[Ken Hansen]

Uhm, what does she want to learn *really* - if she want to learn about 20
year old hardware specifically, and general architecture - then you should
acquire an older "real" computer...

My advise would be to find a box that was *designed* to be a trainer - maybe
a small computer with I/O capabilities (analog/digital ports), like a
siteplayer or a basic pic...

If you go for a big honkin' box, you will get overwhelmed  with minutia that
has nothig to do with general architecture, and more to do with one
implementation of a design...

To learn the way most of us did (imersion) really only works if you are
*rabidly* passionate about the topic, IMHO...

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Hechinger" <wonko at arkham.ws>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [rescue] WTB: Good 'antique' computer for education


> On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 02:22:24PM -0400, Big Endian wrote:
> > My fiance is looking for an OLD computer to teach herself some
> > computer architecture.  I'm thinking something with a card cage.  My
> > personal favorite are the VME based sun machines but I'm open to
> > ideas.  I need something where she can get replacement parts cheaply
> > and (relatively) easily.  Would a VAX be good for this?  What about
> > an -11?  How small can I make an -11 or a VAX?  Does anybody have
> > anything they would be willing to let go or a place to get this kind
> > of stuff?  (I wouldn't mind getting a VME sun... Especially not an
> > 4/xxx deskside one)



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