You can also build one from a 6120 (possibly easier to
find), which can be found in DECMate boards among
other DEC spares:
http://www.sparetimegizmos.com
I built one of these, wire wrapped:
http://juliepalooza.8m.com/sl/main.htm
http://juliepalooza.8m.com/sl/pdp8e.htm
It's a lot more fun than an Intercept might be,
because it can run OS/8.
--- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com> wrote:
> You might want to check out the following project if
> you want to build your
> own small PDP-8. David Conroy has implemented a
> PDP-8i in an FPGA.
> http://surfin.spies.com/~dgc/pdp8x/
>
> I might have some info on the 6100, I'll have to try
> and remember. I've got
> databooks from them and I believe Harris that list
> it.
>
> Zane
>
>
> >
> > I think it used unobtainium type RAM and ROM,
> being
> > all early Intersil CMOS, so it might be very
> difficult
> > to make an "authentic" one today even if you had a
> > 6100. The 6100 was, given my limited knowledge,
> harder
> > to make truly PDP8/e compatible than the later
> 6120.
> > I've looked around for a ROM listing or front
> panel
> > code for the 6100/Intercept with no luck.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- "Peter C. Wallace" <pcw_at_mesanet.com> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > --- Mike <dogas_at_bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I just had to nominate the Intersil
> Intercept
> > > Jr. to the early laptop
> > > > > catagory, Runs on batteries, fits in a lap.
> > > > >
> > > > > ;) - Mike: dogas_at_bellsouth.net
> > > >
> > > > Are there plans out there anywhere? I doubt
> I'll
> > > ever run across
> > > > a real one. They looked kinda cool back when
> I
> > > was a kid, but at
> > > > the time, I didn't understand what it meant to
> be
> > > PDP-8-instruction-
> > > > set compatible (i.e., the implications of it,
> not
> > > the literal sense
> > > > of "compatible").
> > > >
> > > > It had, IIRC, some toggle switches, LEDs, and
> 4KW
> > > of SRAM, right?
> > > >
> > > > -ethan
> > >
> > > The intercept had those, the Intercept Jr only
> had a
> > > keypad and numeric LED
> > > display. It only 256 or 1K (12 bit) words of
> RAM
> > > ISTR
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> __________________________________________________
> > > > Do You Yahoo!?
> > > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes
> > > > http://finance.yahoo.com
> > > >
> > >
> > > Peter Wallace
> > >
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes
> > http://finance.yahoo.com
> >
>
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes
http://finance.yahoo.com
Received on Wed Sep 04 2002 - 08:40:01 BST