2 Nov
2005
2 Nov
'05
7:55 p.m.
Subject: Re: FPGA VAX update
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 10:05:59 -0800
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
On 11/2/2005 at 10:33 AM woodelf wrote:
Ego a 16bit machine September 1985. There was another article whose
focus was microprogramming vs sequential machine control and that used
the TOY1 archetecture. There were others described in TCJ Dave Brooks
simplex III comes to mind. There are others.
Allison
I guess nobody even considers building a computer
from scratch. :(
Actually, there are some poor demented souls who do--and not from FPGAs..
http://members.iinet.net.au/~daveb/simplex/simplex.html
http://www.homebrewcpu.com/
http://www.holmea.demon.co.uk/Mk1/Architecture.htm
http://mycpu.mikrocontroller.net/index.htm
http://timefracture.org/D16.html
http://tripu.triphoenix.de/Main_Page
http://people.freenet.de/dieter.02/index.htm
http://cpuville.4t.com/index.htm
Wasn't there an article a looong time ago about a fellow who built his own
CPU from TTL parts in BYTE or Microcomputing? (It'd have to be over 20
years ago).
Cheers,
Chuck