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Xerox Alto 2017-07-02 08:08:00 Post No. 61190813
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Xerox Alto Anonymous 2017-07-02 08:08:00 Post No. 61190813 [Report]
>tfw no CPU
>tfw 1 kilobit RAM chips
>tfw you have to rewrite the hashing algorithm in BCPL
>tfw 1.5 hashes/second
But seriously, I'm impressed with what this guy's project to restore Alan Kay's old Xerox Alto: http://www.righto.com/2017/07/bitcoin-mining-on-vintage-xerox-alto.html. Let's have a Xerox Alto appreciation thread.
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Anonymous 2017-07-02 09:04:09 Post No.61191672
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Anonymous 2017-07-02 09:04:09 Post No.61191672 [Report]
>>61190813
Worst use for historic technology ever.
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Anonymous 2017-07-02 09:07:15 Post No.61191714
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Anonymous 2017-07-02 09:17:33 Post No.61191854
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Anonymous 2017-07-02 09:17:33 Post No.61191854 [Report]
>restores Xerox alto
>just mines bitcoins on it
>doesn't use all the magical programs that it could run back in the day
what the heck.

Here, have some reasonable people restoring a Xerox Alto instead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPyqQXFC2yw
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Anonymous 2017-07-02 09:39:22 Post No.61192111
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Anonymous 2017-07-02 09:39:22 Post No.61192111 [Report]
>>61191854
same people fckin tard : http://www.righto.com/2016/06/restoring-y-combinators-xerox-alto-day.html
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Anonymous 2017-07-02 09:41:05 Post No.61192141
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>>61191854
>>>/slashdot/
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Anonymous 2017-07-02 09:49:01 Post No.61192245
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Anonymous 2017-07-02 09:49:01 Post No.61192245 [Report]
Some guy implemented bitcoin mining on an old IBM mainframe too, with similar hilariously-low speeds. Calm your autism, it's just a cool old-machine hobby project to demonstrate how far computing has come.
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