19 Jun
2007
19 Jun
'07
7:48 a.m.
On 6/19/07, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
Many, many machines were built in this way...I only
use the
VAX-11/730 and DECsystem-2020 as examples because I have them sitting
here.
Every once in a while, a fit overcomes me and I contemplate what it
would take to re-implement the KS20 with a stack of 2901s and a pile
of fast SRAM. Fortunately, the madness passes before I can do much
more than think about it.
It'd be cool, but I'd probably be better off trying to follow in the
footsteps of one of the 10-in-an-FPGA projects. For the forseeable
future, though, I'll probably stick to klh10 (and should get around to
ordering the last parts to finish my "Panda Display" blinkenlights).
It would still be a thrill to boot TOPS-20 on real hardware that first
time, though.
-ethan