12 Jun
2006
12 Jun
'06
11:35 a.m.
woodelf wrote:
Jos Dreesen / Marian Capel wrote:
Umm where? A quick
google search found nothing.
It is not on the web, and since Elektor is still around, copyright
issues do arise.
You might want to look for the issues from may 74 until january 75 to
have the complete set of articles. They do appear from time to time on
european auction sites.
Look for "elektor", "elector" and "elektuur" (original Dutch
version )
Jos Dreesen
Whether it is the chicken or the egg, they also
have access to better
parts stores (for hobbiest quantities) and excellent magazines. The
Dutch
magazine Electuur is translated into English and published in the UK
every month as Elector. It has excellent construction articles,
readily available firmware, and even the PCB layout for most of the
projects.
Elector is indeed recommended.
AFAIK it also published the first DIY computer : in May '74 they
started a series on a 12 or 16 bit TTL-based computer. That is two
months before the Mark-8.
Those who like to see something special should check it out : it is a
two-address machine, no instructions, but memory-mapped "functional
units". It even had hardware based multiply and divide !