14 Feb
2008
14 Feb
'08
10:58 p.m.
Gavin Melville wrote:
Hi,
As the OP who started this discussion I appreciate all the comments.
The original spec was not to invent new components, but to use things
you could actually get in 1900. Just because I know how to make an IC
now doesn't mean I could have made one in 1900. While I could have
obtained Silicon, it's unlikely it would have been usable purity, and
the imaging, etching and depositation would be simply impossible.
How about a calculating music box? :)
I will say some of the replies on this group are
realistic -- when I
mentioned this at work one colleague (Windows Programmer) asked if it
would run a web server. Sigh.
Do you have a instruction set one can look at yet?
--
Regards,
Gavin Melville
gavin.melville at acclipse.co.nz