[HN Gopher] Miniature 1959 IBM 1401 Console handmade polystyrene... ___________________________________________________________________ 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!! ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-05-08 23:00 UTC)