building a PDP11 from the things you find at home

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Fri Jul 27 08:40:19 2001

> > Tony-
> >
> > I'm running SIMH on a 233MHz Pentium-1 with rather good response. At
>
> I stand by my statement. I don;t have a Pentium 1, I don't have any sort
> of Pentium, and I don't have anything with a 233MHz master clock.

This, then, by choice, I take it?

> > least, TOPS-10 seems as fast as it was at university loaded with
> > students...
>
> Hmm... I think I'd rather have a go at making a real
> PDP10.... That could be an 'interesting' project....

I'm not sure what would qualify as "real" to you... would it
have to be a machine built from the original schematic prints?

Or would a re-implementation using modern devices (e.g. FPGA)
qualify as "real"...?

-dq
Received on Fri Jul 27 2001 - 08:40:19 BST

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