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Hardware ceased to be relevant after the '90s. Prior to that I had many different favorites. Sparcstations, 8086, 68000, M365, Z80, SYS/7, Varian 620F, PDP-8, IBM 360, ECP-18 and others.

I am most nostalgic about the PDP-8 because it was the first machine I learned in any kind of detail; and was the machine I dreamed about owning while in High School.

The machine I enjoyed the most was the M365, which was a proprietary machine built by Teradyne Inc, based on a PDP-8 but greatly enhanced.

The machine I was most impressed by was the Sparcstation in the late 80s. By the standards of the day it was pretty zippy. It was fun to have a full bore Unix machine with X windows sitting on my desk.

From: atyh<-Vishalxl at 06/29 19:10

> of all the computers you’ve used, which has been your favorite hardware/software combination, and why?

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nobody 2y ago

> Hardware ceased to be relevant after the '90s.

👀

I would say the difference between a cheap piece of junk and a nice machine is bigger than it’s ever been right now.

And technologically we’ve got ARM and RISC-V making inroads…

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unclebobmartin 2y ago

Perhaps I should have said: "to me". I don't particularly care what hardware I'm using so long as I can run Clojure programs. ;-)

From: TheSameCat<-ringo at 06/30 07:58

> > Hardware ceased to be relevant after the '90s.

> 👀

> I would say the difference between a cheap piece of junk and a nice machine is bigger than it’s ever been right now.

> And technologically we’ve got ARM and RISC-V making inroads…

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