Update SIMPLEX doc - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

19 Aug 2001

From: Chuck McManis &lt;cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com&gt;

...
 I've updated the SIMPLEX document and would
appreciate critical reviews for
...
 accuracy completeness. The URL is here:
<http://www.mcmanis.com/chuck/computers/simplex.html>

It also includes my idea for the front panel. I don't know if it will work
...
 out that way but that is what I'm shooting for. If
I'm lucky the whole
thing will fit in one Radio Shack project box, (assuming I make it out of
...
 an FPGA) if I build it out of tubes it will probably
take up a couple of
racks :-) 

An aside to this.... Why fpga other than as an exercise in FPGA
and cpu design?  Why not program a PIC or somesuch to emulate
the processor???  I doesnt have to be fast as a teaching tool
and the ram/rom required to do this would be reasonable.

Allison