On Wednesday 16 May 2001 12:14, Jeffrey S. Sharp hit his keyboard with a
hammer and this was the result:
> Quoting David Findlay <david_j_findlay_at_yahoo.com.au>:
> > I am a new member of the list in digest mode. I have read quite a
> > bit about the early homebrew computer club days and processor
> > techniques. I am currently designing my own computer
>
> Cool. I want to do that someday. A friend and I have been toying
> with the idea of building a computer out of relays.
Well I am not going so far as to build mine with relays, but I am planning on
using only discreet components whereever possible. You won't find a
microprocessor in my machine.
> Sounds good to me; lots of micros used cassette tapes for storage.
> I've never done it myself, so I'm not of much help I guess :-).
> But it *has* been done, so you should be able to do it.
As some people have mentioned it is going to be damn slow and not much
storage. I think I will have to think about how to hook a floppy drive in
some how.
David
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Received on Wed May 16 2001 - 17:09:17 BST