Pete Turnbull wrote:
>
> On Jan 5, 23:24, Lanny Cox wrote:
> > I loved alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt... only lurked there, but it was
> > sweet... are there any newer alternatives out there these days?
>
> You probably remember that the rapidly-increasing number of off-topic posts
> led to a variety of attempted solutions. That culminated in the creation
> of a moderated group, comp.arch.hobbyist. The moderation is done by a
> 'bot, with human backup, but the group traffic level is very low. I
> suspect that's because the 'bot is too good, and it's actually hard to post
> as a newcomer, so interest has dropped off. The last few times I tried to
> post, my posts bounced, and attempts to contact the human moderators
> failed. Maybe I was just unlucky. Anyway, you'll find the FAQ and charter
> on Mark Sokos' website, http://home.supernet.com/~sokos/cahfaq.htm although
> it's seriously out of date and a lot of the links are broken.
I suspect the bot was there because of all the OT 'PC' posts - buy a
pentium
abc computer.The news group is still active, as there was a posting
yesterday.
A lot of people are building FPGA cpu's but many never seem to
get past the simulation stage. Here is a nice FPGA link
http://www.fpgacpu.org/index.html
A lot of people seem to be going back to 6502 cpu's as 8 bit
controllers are coming back.
Since I am building a 12/24 bit FPGA cpu I tend to lurk every where
as nobody has come up with a new 12 bit computer since the PDP-8
The 8 is also a popular fpga design.
http://surfin.spies.com/~dgc/pdp8x/
--
Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
Received on Sun Jan 06 2002 - 16:37:16 GMT