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2022-08-17

Re: How Many Computers Do You Have?

tags: life hardware

ew0k has made a list:

I don’t have a solid definition of what constitutes a computer here, but I assume that all of these contain some part that works as a von Neumann machine.

gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-08-14-how-many-computers-do-you-have.gmi

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Several have responded, and for me this is quite interesting read. So I thought, I'd chime in.

Used Regularly

So five general purpose "von Neumann" machines in regular use, plus the phone.

https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/precursor

https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/reform

image: the Samsung flip phone

Infrastructure of sorts

The Pile

The Not So Obvious Stuff

This list is so long, that it's kind of embarrasing. On the other hand, I'm getting paid for knowing how to play with this stuff. And I did kick out a lot of equipment over the years. Most notably a second hand SGI Oxygen 2.

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