🚀 go-pugleaf

I can't resist putting my two cents worth (if that) on the "toy computer"
issue.  A lot of big minicomputers have "external power supplies" - they just
rack mount them with the cpu.  Personally, I think it's clever to package the
power supply as simply as they have.  My only objection is the proliferation
of little transformers if you run a lot of peripherals, and there's an easy
solution to that: spend a hundred bucks or so and buy an industrial grade
power supply which you can mount out of sight and run cables to all the little
boxes.  Shucks, you can even rack mount the power supply if you want.  That
would only increase the price $500 or so.

If a PDP-11/70 is a toy then the ST is a toy.

						-John Sangster
						jhs at mitre-bedford.arpa

> As much as I am seriously considering a ST for some serious
> uses, I still can't help thinking of any small computer as
> a toy that uses an external power supply and that has its
> cpu in the keyboard.

Logic:
Small computers are toys.
All computers are getting smaller.
Thus, all computers will become toys.

Solution:
Bring back the vaccuum tubes.

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