Could I build a PDP-8 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

13 Aug 1997

bluesky6(a)ix.netcom.com (Benedict Chong) wrote :

...
  There is or was a prentice hall book on logic design
that described 
 the design of a PDP-8 workalike. I bought the book and told myself
 that one day, I'll build a PDP-8 with EPLDs. Like Allison, I ended up
 with 16 bits and then other things got in the way... 
...
  The book is called top-down logic design or something
like that. 
The Art of Digital Design, an introduction to top-down design
by Franklin P. Prosser and David E. Winkel
Prentice-Hall 1987 ISBN 0-13-046673-5 025

I have a copy and can highly recommend it. It has a two complete design
descriptions of a PDP-8 CPU, one a state machine implementation the
other a microprogrammed one.

Talking of 16 bit extensions to the PDP-8, that is what the HP-2116A
appears to be, anyone konw that processor?

Regards,

Hans B Pufal