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What's your white whale? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
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What piece of retro tech is your white whale? What do you aspire to own but probably won't ever have the chance to?

I grew up around and was mentored by many DEC veterans. I even work in one of their old manufacturing facilities. I'd love to own a DEC mainframe from their peak in the early 80s. Even a minicomputer is unreasonable for most of us hobbiests. One can dream though

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[–] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

It would be wrong of me to own one since I probably wouldn't use it and would just be leaving it to rot while somecritter else can't get one, buuuut... I want a TI-99/4A, just because they're weird inside :'D I like weird things.