> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Pontus > Pihlgren > Sent: 24 June 2015 09:28 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Megaprocessor - built from individual transistors > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 06:10:38AM +0000, d...@661.org wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Phil Budne wrote: > > > > >If I were going thru the trouble, I'd want build a TX-0 clone! > > > > I think it would me more interesting to build a replica of a pdp-8 > > straight-eight using significantly-reduced flip chips with > > surface-mount parts. > > > > This exact thing has been on my TODO-list for a while. It will probably remain > on the TODO-list for some time, but I really want to do it! > > I like to think that you could shrink the computer by, at least, a factor of four. > Probably smaller. > > (make the flip chips double sided and double the function of each flip chip).
At least two people are building PDP/8E type machines from TTL... http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?47755-Build-your-own- PDP-8I-Part-2&highlight=pdp8%2Fe Dave G4UGM > > /P
