Peter:
The diversity of microcomputers IS the open part.
You could take the new microprocessors and build whatever kind of computer you wanted.
Thanks,
Steve N8GNJ
Steve Stroh N8GNJ (he / him / his)
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On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 4:10?PM Steve Stroh N8GNJ via
<steve.stroh=[email protected]> wrote:
> Like microcomputers, M17 is open. Thus there¡¯s no structural issue that prevents M17 from rapidly growing and evolving.
Ehhh ... Uhhh ... MITS was one of those dip-switch programmed units,
wasn't it?? Could a C64 run VIC-20 code? (I never had either but at
least they had keyboards ... they *were* keyboards ...).
Certainly there was a way to run MS-DOS code on my Amiga, c.1990, but
it required a "coprocessor card".
Even now, my Macbook won't run Windows programs (not that this sort of
thing means anything any more).
So the "Like microcomputers, M17 is open" probably needs some refinement.
I, too, like FM, but I'm also fine with moving along ... as my D-STAR
HT tuned to my hotspot connected to a reflector attests.? I wonder if
your friend said the same thing when (the few) AM repeaters went away
in favor of FM c.1970?
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Peter Laws | VE[23]UWY / N5UWY | plaws0 gmail com | Travel by Train!
