2 Nov
2005
2 Nov
'05
11:51 a.m.
Brian Wheeler wrote:
I took a hardware class where we (each team of 2
students) had to build
a PDP-8 using PALs, some 74xx chips, a bit of Static RAM, and a ton of
wire wrapping. The final exam consisted of the instructor breaking each
machine in 5 different ways and we 3 hours to fix it. That was a pretty
cool class.
What type of 8 did you model and did you leave out any features like
extended memory?
I hear they use FPGAs now in the class...kids these
days.
I grumble that the FPGA's now days have built in hardware features that hide
real logic slowdowns like external memory or slow ripple carry.
Brian