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Re:PDP-10 Incompatible Timesharing System emulator by TheOtherHobbes on Sunday July 09, 2023 @08:17PM (#36660497)
It would take unusual dedication, plenty of space, and a huge budget for electricity and air con to run a KL10 at home.

I understand the attraction, because they were very popular with users - partly because TOPS-10 was relatively intuitive and could be learned by almost anyone, and timesharing was very much an experience of personal computing.

That was a huge deal when most computing still had to go through operators and other expert intermediaries.

TOPS-20 was more refined and tried to be even friendlier, with nice features like command completion.

Neither was at all UNIXy - a good thing IMO.

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Re:PDP-10 Incompatible Timesharing System emulator by zabzonk on Sunday July 09, 2023 @08:30PM (#36660565)
he was prepared to sacrifice his 2-car garage, but i think the three-phase and other electrics defeated him. of couurse, it wouldn't have been switched on anywhere near all the time. and his girlfriend wasn't keen. perhaps a bit too big for a hobby project?
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