11 Aug
2008
11 Aug
'08
12:52 p.m.
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 10:23:55AM -0400, Paul Koning wrote:
I think that's much too ambitious for me. If I can't make a simple digital
clock, I doubt I could make a full-on computer.
-ethan
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Ethan Dicks, A-333-S Current South Pole Weather at 11-Aug-2008 at 19:50 Z
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>>>> "Ethan" == Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at usap.gov> writes:
Ethan> Hmm... I happen to have a couple of 4004 chips (one pulled
Ethan> from a non-UPC barcode scanner, the other from a commercial
Ethan> kitchen scale), and I've long fantasized about building some
Ethan> showcase 4004 circuit, probably a digital clock.
Or you could do like a classmate of mine did in 1973-1974 and build a
PC. Not easy, though; I remember a large wire-wrap board with over
100 chips on it.