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[allison]

On 03/07/2019 08:54 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
>> On Mar 7, 2019, at 9:56 AM, allison <allisonportable at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 03/07/2019 10:50 AM, Zane Healy wrote:
>>
>> Hi Zane,
>>
>> Been a classic comp member for eons as well. and before all that
>> alt.sys.* and other usenet groups.
> Hi Allison,
> I think your one of the few folks that have been on Classiccmp longer than me.  I’m pretty sure you were helping with some of my PDP-8 and PDP-11 questions 20+ years ago.
Hi Zane,

Like have or at least commented.  Helps o have hardware, I've run E11,
great product but the fans and disks
and it just doesn't seem the same.

>> The tinkerboard  is an ARM based on the Rpi format only 1.8GHz quad core
>> and 2gig of ram.
>> I figure that will be adequate for an under 10 watt system.
> My guess is that you’ll find is has VAXstation 3100 CPU speeds, though the disk I/O is likely a bit faster (I’ve not done any serious benchmarking).  I have 3 RPi’s, the RPi2 is a “VAX”, one RPi3+ is a "DPS-8/M”, and the other a “KL10B”.  I’m finding that I finally prefer the lower power, and the lower worry of emulation. :-)
>
> Zane

Its more compact for sure.  I'm in th stage of considering thinning the
herd some as I'm also ham radio
and well, space.

Allison