16 Jun
2005
16 Jun
'05
7:54 a.m.
Gate count is not the issue. Routing is. The 6600 has an amazing design...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Holt" <andyh at andyh-rayleigh.freeserve.co.uk>
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Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 12:53 AM
Subject: RE: PDP-8s and -10s
I've seen some discussion recently that you
could put a complete 6600
into a high end FPGA. That would be neat. I haven't heard of that
being actually done, though.
As the 6600 was entirely built with discrete components, not chips, and
yet
had to
be physically relatively compact, I doubt if it had much more than say
20,000-25,000 gates.
Nowadays that isn't anywhere near high end of the FPGA ranges.
Andy