Could I build a PDP-8

From: Hans Pufal <hans1_at_filan00.grenoble.hp.com>
Date: Thu Aug 14 06:20:33 1997

bluesky6_at_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
Received on Thu Aug 14 1997 - 06:20:33 BST