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    #11
    Originally posted by doodab View Post
    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/pro...aycomputertwo/

    And this one... http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~harry/Relay/
    Last edited by SupremeSpod; 27 July 2010, 17:38.

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      #12
      Originally posted by SupremeSpod View Post
      Not mad imo, dedicated and bloody clever.
      Agreed.

      Mad is relative. And not necessarily bad. Although it does rhyme.
      While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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        #13
        I found some obsolete chips in my Kitchen...

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




















        .....McCain
        Last edited by SantaClaus; 28 July 2010, 09:21.
        'Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual'. -
        Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch.

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          #14
          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.
          How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

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            #15
            Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
            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.

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              #16
              Oblolete chips

              "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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