Obsolete chips

[SupremeSpod]

Here is someone who did it with ECL:

Seymour Cray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I built an adder out of 7400 once. You'd be mad to attempt a whole processor.

The MyCPU - Project: A homebrew computer by Dennis Kuschel

Not mad imo, dedicated and bloody clever.

This guy did it with relays!!! http://www.electronixandmore.com/project/relaycomputertwo/

And this one... http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~harry/Relay/

 

[doodab]

Not mad imo, dedicated and bloody clever.

Agreed.

Mad is relative. And not necessarily bad. Although it does rhyme.

 

[SantaClaus]

I found some obsolete chips in my Kitchen...

The writing is barely legible. Hang on... I can just make out the lettering...




















.....McCain

 

[HairyArsedBloke]

I once heard a story that the Space shuttle and the ISS run on 386 'n stuff.

Then I looked it up and found: sminki. Makes sense when you think about it.

Had to laugh at the continued use of ferrite core memory.

 

[SupremeSpod]

I once heard a story that the Space shuttle and the ISS run on 386 'n stuff.

Then I looked it up and found: sminki. Makes sense when you think about it.

Had to laugh at the continued use of ferrite core memory.

The "ROM" for the "Apollo Guidance Computer" was threaded by a group of women with ferrite rings and copper wire.

 

[Paddy]

Oblolete chips