9 Nov
1997
9 Nov
'97
10:35 a.m.
That's what I said about 3 weeks ago. We should make a computer, possibly from
our own design, from common components. Was anyone here into processor
engineering in the "early days", if so, I have a pretty good idea where (if we
want) we can get a board-maker for about $200, which might also be able to do
single-layer chips. Also, we could probably get our hands on some of Intel's
old stuff... they had a page for that on their site, but I forget where.
We could use components that were marking points in history... a 5.25"
floppy, for example.
Hope that this idea evolves,
Tim D. Hotze
PS-Does anyone know where I can get old PC Mag issues? Or any other major
magazine?
Captain Napalm wrote:
It was thus said that the Great Ward Donald Griffiths
III once stated:
Daniel A. Seagraves wrote:
I remember in late 85, Byte having two articles about a guy that built his
own computer (CPU from scratch no less). Ah for Byte to have such articles
again ...
-spc (Once Steve Ciarcia stopped writing, I stopped reading ... )
Ehehe... We should build a computer from discrete components, just to
operate one. And connect it to the Internet. Of course, we'd never
finish in out lifetimes, and it would fill a room, but it would be awful
cool!
Does anybody but me remember the Byte cover (1976, I think) of a 4-bit
computer built from transistors, diodes, etc. and wire? (No boards or
anything). There was a followup picture in the magazine some months
later after the cat had knocked it off the desk.