2 Apr
2007
2 Apr
'07
3:48 p.m.
Subject: homebrewed 32-bit cpu?
From: David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu>
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:50:17 -0700 (PDT)
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Has anyone here pondered a 32-bit CPU in the spirit of the Magic-1? How
much harder would that be?
Yes, but I'll likely not build it. Harder only by a little, maybe 2x the
parts. I find that simply bigger (more bits) often is nice thinking but I
always do the "whatif" in instruction set and the like.
When it comes to building from raw ttl I find myself specualting on
longer words with multiple address schemes or something simple like
PDP8 but say 16bits.
No matter what it would be s software orphan.
Allison
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?