You can now hold a z15 in your hand

[Peter Flass]

https://twitter.com/ibm/status/1338876387034341380?s=21

[Dan Espen]

Post by Peter Flass
https://twitter.com/ibm/status/1338876387034341380?s=21

I think Twitter is putting us on.
Follow the links to IBM, the single frame model is 15" wide. Looks like height
is 3 or 4 times the width. I guess I could pick it up, but it would be
pretty heavy. Not something to hold in one hand.

I got as far as finding the PDF for the hardware but IBM wanted to know
who I was to download the PDF.

[Quadibloc]

Post by Dan Espen
I think Twitter is putting us on.

The tweet, mentioning IBM's Z15 brochure, is by an individual who made himself
a 3D-printed model of a Z15. IBM is indeed not giving out small plastic models of
the Z15.

John Savard

[J. Clarke]

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 02:10:05 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc

Post by Quadibloc

Post by Dan Espen
I think Twitter is putting us on.

The tweet, mentioning IBM's Z15 brochure, is by an individual who made himself
a 3D-printed model of a Z15. IBM is indeed not giving out small plastic models of
the Z15.

OTOH, 50 years down the road somebody might put the then-equivalent of
a Raspberry Pi in the model, load it up with Hercules, and have
something that can do anything the Z15 can do subject to the lack of
connectors inherent in the tiny package.

[Quadibloc]

Post by J. Clarke
On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 02:10:05 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc

Post by Quadibloc
The tweet, mentioning IBM's Z15 brochure, is by an individual who made himself
a 3D-printed model of a Z15. IBM is indeed not giving out small plastic models of
the Z15.

OTOH, 50 years down the road somebody might put the then-equivalent of
a Raspberry Pi in the model, load it up with Hercules, and have
something that can do anything the Z15 can do subject to the lack of
connectors inherent in the tiny package.

Oh, of course.

As an example of the sort of present-day thing that no doubt inspired your remark...

http://obsolescenceguaranteed.blogspot.com/2020/02/inevitaby-pidp-10.html

John Savard

[Bob Eager]

Post by Quadibloc

Post by J. Clarke

Post by Quadibloc
The tweet, mentioning IBM's Z15 brochure, is by an individual who made
himself a 3D-printed model of a Z15. IBM is indeed not giving out
small plastic models of the Z15.

OTOH, 50 years down the road somebody might put the then-equivalent of
a Raspberry Pi in the model, load it up with Hercules, and have
something that can do anything the Z15 can do subject to the lack of
connectors inherent in the tiny package.

Oh, of course.
As an example of the sort of present-day thing that no doubt inspired your remark...
http://obsolescenceguaranteed.blogspot.com/2020/02/inevitaby-

pidp-10.html

Yes, I am already waiting for that. Already have the PiDP-8 and PiDP-10,
and working on a couple of my own.

[Bob Eager]

Post by Quadibloc

Post by Quadibloc

Post by J. Clarke

Post by Quadibloc
The tweet, mentioning IBM's Z15 brochure, is by an individual who
made himself a 3D-printed model of a Z15. IBM is indeed not giving
out small plastic models of the Z15.

OTOH, 50 years down the road somebody might put the then-equivalent of
a Raspberry Pi in the model, load it up with Hercules, and have
something that can do anything the Z15 can do subject to the lack of
connectors inherent in the tiny package.

Oh, of course.
As an example of the sort of present-day thing that no doubt inspired your remark...
http://obsolescenceguaranteed.blogspot.com/2020/02/inevitaby-

pidp-10.html
Yes, I am already waiting for that. Already have the PiDP-8 and PiDP-10,
and working on a couple of my own.

Oops. The second one should be PiDP-11, of course.

[Kerr-Mudd,John]

Post by Quadibloc

Post by J. Clarke
On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 02:10:05 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc

Post by Quadibloc
The tweet, mentioning IBM's Z15 brochure, is by an individual who
made himself a 3D-printed model of a Z15. IBM is indeed not giving
out small plastic models of the Z15.

OTOH, 50 years down the road somebody might put the then-equivalent
of a Raspberry Pi in the model, load it up with Hercules, and have
something that can do anything the Z15 can do subject to the lack of
connectors inherent in the tiny package.

Oh, of course.
As an example of the sort of present-day thing that no doubt inspired your remark...
http://obsolescenceguaranteed.blogspot.com/2020/02/inevitaby-pidp-10.ht
ml
John Savard

Oh dear, 11th March last update.

[Ahem A Rivet's Shot]

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 07:19:12 -0700

Right. I re-read the ad? The word ”model” could have been interpreted two
ways, and I picked the wrong one. Maybe the model maker could sell them so
we could stick RPis in them.

Hmm build a working table top model of a large 1970s mainframe
installation with a Pi in the CPU box with an LCD to show the blinkenlights,
micro SD slots in the tape drives (and either a display or tiny tape reels)
and disc cabinets, a cash register print mechanism in tiny 1403 cases ...

[Bob Eager]

Post by Ahem A Rivet's Shot

Right. I re-read the ad? The word ”model” could have been interpreted
two ways, and I picked the wrong one. Maybe the model maker could sell
them so we could stick RPis in them.

Hmm build a working table top model of a large 1970s mainframe
installation with a Pi in the CPU box with an LCD to show the
blinkenlights,
micro SD slots in the tape drives (and either a display or tiny tape
reels) and disc cabinets, a cash register print mechanism in tiny 1403
cases ...

https://www.chrisfenton.com/homebrew-cray-1a/

[Kerr-Mudd,John]

Post by Bob Eager

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 07:19:12 -0700 Peter Flass

Right. I re-read the ad? The word ”model” could have been
interpreted two ways, and I picked the wrong one. Maybe the model
maker could sell them so we could stick RPis in them.

Hmm build a working table top model of a large 1970s mainframe
installation with a Pi in the CPU box with an LCD to show the
blinkenlights,
micro SD slots in the tape drives (and either a display or tiny tape
reels) and disc cabinets, a cash register print mechanism in tiny
1403 cases ...

https://www.chrisfenton.com/homebrew-cray-1a/

http://www.chrisfenton.com/cray-1-digital-archeology/

Wow!

[Ahem A Rivet's Shot]

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:25:19 -0000 (UTC)

Post by Kerr-Mudd,John

Post by Bob Eager
https://www.chrisfenton.com/homebrew-cray-1a/

http://www.chrisfenton.com/cray-1-digital-archeology/
Wow!

Seconded!

[Charlie Gibbs]

Post by Ahem A Rivet's Shot
On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 07:19:12 -0700

Right. I re-read the ad? The word ”model” could have been interpreted two
ways, and I picked the wrong one. Maybe the model maker could sell them so
we could stick RPis in them.

Hmm build a working table top model of a large 1970s mainframe
installation with a Pi in the CPU box with an LCD to show the blinkenlights,
micro SD slots in the tape drives (and either a display or tiny tape reels)
and disc cabinets, a cash register print mechanism in tiny 1403 cases ...

And sound effects - don't forget the noises each device made so that you
can tell from the next room whether your program was running properly...

[John Levine]

Post by Peter Flass
https://twitter.com/ibm/status/1338876387034341380?s=21

Somehow, I am reminded of an old joke.

A Texan rancher visits a farm in Israel.

Texan: how big is your spread?

Farmer: it runs over to that row of trees there, and that hill over there.

Texan: at my place, I can get in my car and drive from sunup to sundown and not
get to the end of my property.

Farmer: yeah, I had a car like that, too.