My Retrochallenge January 2015 Entry
So I have been tinkering today with the simulated VMS set up on the server and also started making a stab at bringing up a VAX 11/780 simulator configured to run BSD Unix. The DL380 has a backup battery attached to the internal HP Smart Array P400 controller. In this server there were two intelligent …
So I finally braved the Kim Uno and typed in Lunar Lander – thanks Dale for encouraging me to do this – weird how you get so lazy with such good technology surrounding you these day. Sometimes it’s as much about the journey as the end goal. I played a couple of games and of …
Firstly, apologies for not taking more of an active part in the competition as an organiser. I know I’ve done half-time round ups and such in the past, but I’ve been in the unique position this month to have the time to be able to indulge myself in my own retro-tinkering, so I expect leniency …
So, so, so. Got a little distracted. To say the least. Watched Elysium tonight which was very enjoyable. Some serious compute cycles went in to that film. Last night I was attempting, still, to get DCPS to work. Someone has now kindly provided me with Version 2.7 and it’s still not working. Might need to …
Just a quick update before I hit the sack. I’ve been busy this evening on a number of Retrocomputing activities: Fibre Broadband Arrived! This morning a very nice engineer enabled and installed fibre broadband. A quick test revealed a download speed of around 80 Mbit/sec and an upload speed of around 20 Mbit/sec. Cushty. Unfortunately …