Any *really* homebrewing going on?

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sun Oct 4 20:48:29 1998

< Actually, there is some value in experimenting with strange CPU
< architectures, parallel machines, reconfigurable hardware, etc. Not
< everything has been done before.

Sometimes things that have been done before can be done more cleverly
or economically making it worth doing again.

< > No, I'm not. How many people are there in Boston who do this stuff?
< > 5? That's not much information. And a web site inspires no one.

More likely 100 times that. First off you have all those nutty MIT
students. The those like me and I've met a few people that are in the
running the last few months.

Web site that provice inforation, tools, tricks abound and are not to
inspire but to assist. Inspiration is is an internal event.

< dispute this. It's a lot easier to get information now than it was 10
< years ago. I've had to try to convince a semiconductor company that they
< should send me a data sheet on a microprocessor. Now I just grab it off

Information was always available, just had to get off ones bottom and go
look. I was in the local library and picked up three books on VAX
archetecture and left another few behind regarding VMS. Books on
electronics and circuits easily filled 20 linear feet of shelves. All
free.

Allison
Received on Sun Oct 04 1998 - 20:48:29 BST