Replicas - was Re: *** Ideas needed for developing interactive

From: Ethan Dicks <dickset_at_amanda.spole.gov>
Date: Sun Sep 12 00:23:00 2004

On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 10:29:49PM -0600, Ben Franchuk wrote:
> So what about memory? Transistor too?
> A PDP-8/S would be a good model to pick from. Note you need a lot of SMT
> diodes resistors too.

There are approximately 1000 transistors in a PDP-8/S (plus lots of diodes
and resistors and the core stack). Even with SMT, that's a lot of square
footage.

-ethan

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