gEDA-user: Re: Pointer to 3d CAD?

[Dave McGuire]

On Nov 2, 2006, at 10:05 AM, DJ Delorie wrote:
>>    Well my tentative plan is to duplicate the functionality of the
>> individual boards, but not to scale.  Many DEC machines of that era
>> were built with "Flip Chip" boards, 2.5"x5" PCBs with card-edge
>> connectors that typically implement relatively little logic...say, a
>> pair of flip-flops.
>
> When I was a kid, my dad got me some time on a tanker (ship) that was
> being automated.  They had a fridge-sized console that was built that
> way which ran things.  I spent a few days helping them finish the
> install and teaching them electronics, and they let me ride with them
> on the sea trials.

   Oh wow, that must've been a load of fun!

> I think my watch is more powerful than that was, though.

   Eh, "power" to me is "gets the job done right".

   Well, most of the time anyway.  They'll have to pry my Crays from  
my cold, dead fingers. ;)

              -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL