Emulation (Was: Emulators of Classic Computers)

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Fri Jan 16 03:35:11 2004

On Jan 15, 17:49, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 16:53, Brad Parker wrote:
> >
> > Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
> > >
> > >There are PDP-8 emulators out there already, better ones than this
too.
> > >But I wanted one that was *mine*! (Shh, little secret, keep it
under
> > >your hat but it's an experiment, maybe a precursor to building an
8 in
> > >TTL).
> >
> > I'm probably high, but I'm still dreamy from the work the XKL guys
did :-)
> >
> > If you want to do it in an FPGA (well, CPLD), let me know - I'll
help!
>
> I really want to do it in discrete logic. Call me crazy, enough
people
> do as it is...

Sounds good to me...

> Actually, I'd probably do it in 40xx CMOS, simply because I don't
want
> to have a +5V supply the size of a MIG welder lying around.

:-)

> What indeed... Now, Maplin do some nice 13mm LEDs, how big do you
think
> we could make a panel? How about the 3" LED clusters they use as
tail
> lights on buses round here? Make a PDP-8 6' across, like the giant
> MS-20 that Korg made for demo tours in the 1970s?

But then you'll need the MIG welder again :-)

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York
Received on Fri Jan 16 2004 - 03:35:11 GMT

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