Miniature CPU repro (was Re: group buy for homebrew CPUs?) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

13 Aug 2006

On 8/14/06, Bill Sudbrink <wh.sudbrink at verizon.net> wrote:
...
  I have been toying with the idea of doing a one inch
to one foot
 (doll house scale) fully functional IMSAI.  Clearly, it would be
 implemented on some sort of PAL or PIC... the idea would be for
 the front panel and a serial port (maybe a video out too (cromemco
 Dazzler?)) to be fully functional with a "floppy" drive implemented
 on one of the little flash memory packs. 
Hmm... at 1/12th scale... I would think the front panel would be the
tricky part.  The interior shouldn't be so bad.  One could use a
camcorder eyepiece display for the CRT, if you did a Dazzler.  Be a
bit tough to read text, though.

I take it you wouldn't be considering working switches on the front
panel, only blinkenlights, right?

Sounds interesting.  Would make an interesting VCF display.

-ethan