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It is your intension to build the most "bulky" machine in the WebRing?

Well, I see that must hobbits have built compact CPUs housed in a single cabinet which also contains the Main Memory and even an IDE hard drive. I agree in that such is a convenient setup for the purpose but I'm putting an emphasis on the "old flavor" of my machine so I want it to look similar to those minis in the late 60's and early 70's... that is bulky!

I'm not planning for specific cabinets yet but most likely those will be sort of rack mount frames. Not just one but many of them. The whole thing will possibly compose a large piece the size of a refrigerator.

I think the large space will be justified because I'm not building just a CPU but the entire computer with different device controllers occupying separate units (enclosures). Moreover the storage (open-reel audio tape, VHS VCRs etc) will take a lot of space on its own.

I think she's going to be pretty and will have a nostalgic flavor. Actually, that is the idea.

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Project start date: May 13 of 2009