16 May
2001
16 May
'01
10:09 a.m.
On Wednesday 16 May 2001 12:14, Jeffrey S. Sharp hit his keyboard with a
hammer and this was the result:
Quoting David Findlay
<david_j_findlay(a)yahoo.com.au>au>:
Well I am not going so far as to build mine with relays, but I am planning on
using only discreet components whereever possible. You won't find a
microprocessor in my machine.
I am a new member of the list in digest mode. I
have read quite a
bit about the early homebrew computer club days and processor
techniques. I am currently designing my own computer
Cool. I want to do that someday. A friend and I have been toying
with the idea of building a computer out of relays. Sounds good to me; lots of micros used cassette tapes
for storage.
I've never done it myself, so I'm not of much help I guess :-).
But it *has* been done, so you should be able to do it.
As some people have mentioned it is going to be damn slow and not much
storage. I think I will have to think about how to hook a floppy drive in
some how.
David
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David Findlay
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Email: david_j_findlay(a)yahoo.com.au
Homepage: http://users.bigpond.com/nedz/
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