Yup, this is cool. It struck me that this is just an ol'
i486/66MHz. I'm just tinkering with little SBCs that are
486/133MHz. They are very small. With those you could build
a miniature PDP-11. That way you could have all the fun
(and blinkenlights of course) in much less space, portable,
PDP-11 to go :-)
regards,
-Gunther
M H Stein wrote:
> Looks great; good luck & congratulations. Just don't let Tony & the boys see that part about using 556's for baud rate & interrupt timers or THAT thread'll go on for another month...
>
> *Almost* makes me want to put a PC behind the Burroughs B2000 console I've got gathering dust in my basement...
>
> mike
> ----------------Original Message----------------
> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:34:09 +0200
> From: Gooijen H <GOOI_at_oce.nl>
> Subject: blinkenlights for everybody (?)
>
> Hi all.
>
> Some weeks ago there was a thread about blinkenlights and consoles.
> It was mentioned that a simple piece of hardware (just a few
> resistors two transistors and 16 LEDs) connected to the printer port
> of a PC can be brought to life when you run Ersatz-11.
> Well, it took some time for me to decide whether I should go 'public'
> with a project I intend to embark on.
> In short: a *_full_* console on a PC that runs Ersatz-11.
> The reason to announce the project is to get feedback. Am I on the
> right track. Have a look, on this page (part of my website) you can
> find a small ZIP file that contains the draft document that descibes
> it.
>
> http://home.hetnet.nl/~tshaj/pdpsite/homebrew/startframe.html
>
> Any comment is appreciated.
>
> - - Henk.
>
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