I've thought about it. I actually entered half the schematics for the
Magic-1 into my schematic program. I was going to produce some PCBs for it
for a kit. I ended up giving up because I needed to spend time on the
Altair effort.
A goal of mine would probably be a TTL 8080 or completely a
transistorized (as in pbysical little black dots : ) ) 8080. The idea
behind that is it could be an extension to the Altair kit...
I have thought about a 32 bit CPU built like the Magic 1, and in fact drew
up the schematic for the ALU. I thought it would be fun to build a
computer using parts available in 1975 that was capable of decoding an
MP3. For speed designed a schematic for a 32x32 combinatorial
multiplier. :) I think I estimated it would draw 5A (just the
multiplier)... ; )
And no, it would not be the same if it were in an FPGA. : )
The 8080/transistor computer would have an LED for every transistor. Can
you imagine how cool it would be to single step that thing? : )
Grant
Has anyone here pondered a 32-bit CPU in the spirit of
the Magic-1? How
much harder would that be?
--
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?