[HN Gopher] Miniature 1959 IBM 1401 Console handmade polystyrene...
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       Miniature 1959 IBM 1401 Console handmade polystyrene scratch build
        
       Author : chromaton
       Score  : 47 points
       Date   : 2020-05-07 20:22 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (imgur.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (imgur.com)
        
       | kleer001 wrote:
       | (non-functional)
       | 
       | (hahah)
       | 
       | Beautiful, still, excellent craftsmanship
        
       | tlb wrote:
       | Building miniature mainframe installations is very cool. Much
       | better than a model railway set. I'd like one that works, of
       | course, with blinky lights and tape drives spinning. The
       | electronics can be modern and buried in a box under the table,
       | but I'd like all the lights and switches to behave like the
       | original.
        
       | Koshkin wrote:
       | Nice. What would make this _really_ amazing if was also fully
       | emulated (using some basic robotic kit for the tape drives and,
       | say, a Raspberry Pi). Myself, I was thinking about maybe making a
       | _paper_ miniature of IBM System /360 running on Hercules.
        
         | amdelamar wrote:
         | Given how small-scale it is, maybe he could opt for lights/LEDs
         | and an ac motor to rotate the tapes.
        
       | tpmx wrote:
       | That typewriter/terminal thing: Wow!
        
       | bananapear wrote:
       | I look at these pictures and can't fathom how anyone could have
       | the patience to place all those tiny "keys" when I can barely
       | finish reading an article without getting bored and skipping to
       | the next thing. How can I learn patience?
        
       | jes wrote:
       | This is great to see. Congratulations on your effort. As an older
       | (60) software engineer, your modeling brings back some pleasant
       | memories for me.
        
       | tgv wrote:
       | Charming and aesthetically pleasing.
        
       | modal-soul wrote:
       | Is there a name for the aesthetic of the equipment being modeled
       | here?
        
       | esmi wrote:
       | Just get it to run cobol and you're golden.
        
         | vincent-manis wrote:
         | Autocoder (macro assembler) was the main 1401 language.
        
       | SeanFerree wrote:
       | Very nice!!
        
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