I'm assuming anything can be interfaced to old tech. But if I had Twiggys I do have a Lisa they could go into. Or I'd just sell them and buy something a lot more useful. :)
What'd be cool if replicas could be made somehow. I don't know what all goes into a disk drive but I imagine it's in the realm of possibility at least. -----Original Message----- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 3:45 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Pair of Twiggys On Tue, 14 Mar 2017, Brad H via cctalk wrote: > I don't know if I'd pay $25k for Twiggys but I understand the impulse. > The problem is, what happens when the novelty wears off? I also >wonder what the long term value is as generations that experienced >these things pass on to those who've never known a day withot a smartphone. > That's a worry for another day though. For now.. I'm thinking about >grabbing a shovel and going digging for Twiggy gold at a certain dump >in Logan. If you had a pair of Twiggys, but no Lisa, could you create a USB interface to use them on a modern machine? <RDH>