Does anybody know where I can get a Harris or Intersil
HD6100, HD6120, IM6100, or IM6120 microprocessor (cmos pdp-8)?

I used to work for Digital, and thought it would be an interresting project
to homebrew a PDP-8 system. I have a T11 microprocessor chip in the junbox
someplace, so a PDP-11 system is also a possibility.

No cheating! If you're going to homebrew a PDP-8, you have to build it out
of discrete TTL.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ
Data General, 1972 - 1981
Designer of the Nova 2, Nova 3, MP200, and microEclipse CPUs, as
well as some parts of FHP and EGO


"kenneth scharf" wrote in message
...
Does anybody know where I can get a Harris or Intersil
HD6100, HD6120, IM6100, or IM6120 microprocessor (cmos pdp-8)?

I used to work for Digital, and thought it would be an interresting
project
to homebrew a PDP-8 system. I have a T11 microprocessor chip in the
junbox
someplace, so a PDP-11 system is also a possibility.

Boy -- Have you got little to do, or what!!!!

"Dave, AA6YQ" wrote in message
news:lARab.522300$YN5.348403@sccrnsc01...
No cheating! If you're going to homebrew a PDP-8, you have to build it out
of discrete TTL.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ
Data General, 1972 - 1981
Designer of the Nova 2, Nova 3, MP200, and microEclipse CPUs, as
well as some parts of FHP and EGO


"kenneth scharf" wrote in message
...
Does anybody know where I can get a Harris or Intersil
HD6100, HD6120, IM6100, or IM6120 microprocessor (cmos pdp-8)?

I used to work for Digital, and thought it would be an interresting
project
to homebrew a PDP-8 system. I have a T11 microprocessor chip in the
junbox
someplace, so a PDP-11 system is also a possibility.

Boy -- Have you got little to do, or what!!!!

"Dave, AA6YQ" wrote in message
news:lARab.522300$YN5.348403@sccrnsc01...
No cheating! If you're going to homebrew a PDP-8, you have to build it out
of discrete TTL.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ
Data General, 1972 - 1981
Designer of the Nova 2, Nova 3, MP200, and microEclipse CPUs, as
well as some parts of FHP and EGO


"kenneth scharf" wrote in message
...
Does anybody know where I can get a Harris or Intersil
HD6100, HD6120, IM6100, or IM6120 microprocessor (cmos pdp-8)?

I used to work for Digital, and thought it would be an interresting
project
to homebrew a PDP-8 system. I have a T11 microprocessor chip in the
junbox
someplace, so a PDP-11 system is also a possibility.

"Dave, AA6YQ" wrote in message
news:lARab.522300$YN5.348403@sccrnsc01...
No cheating! If you're going to homebrew a PDP-8, you have to build it out
of discrete TTL.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ
Data General, 1972 - 1981
Designer of the Nova 2, Nova 3, MP200, and microEclipse CPUs, as
well as some parts of FHP and EGO

I thought FHP and EGO were completely separate, competing projects?
(Admittedly, my only source is Kidder's book.)

EGO was started by FHP engineers that declined to relocate, one of which was
me. The projects only became competitive after FHP moved to North Carolina
and expanded its objectives. The book is accurate on this point, and pretty
much everything else.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

"John R. Strohm" wrote in message
...
"Dave, AA6YQ" wrote in message
news:lARab.522300$YN5.348403@sccrnsc01...
No cheating! If you're going to homebrew a PDP-8, you have to build it
out
of discrete TTL.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ
Data General, 1972 - 1981
Designer of the Nova 2, Nova 3, MP200, and microEclipse CPUs,
as
well as some parts of FHP and EGO

I thought FHP and EGO were completely separate, competing projects?
(Admittedly, my only source is Kidder's book.)

EGO was started by FHP engineers that declined to relocate, one of which was
me. The projects only became competitive after FHP moved to North Carolina
and expanded its objectives. The book is accurate on this point, and pretty
much everything else.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

"John R. Strohm" wrote in message
...
"Dave, AA6YQ" wrote in message
news:lARab.522300$YN5.348403@sccrnsc01...
No cheating! If you're going to homebrew a PDP-8, you have to build it
out
of discrete TTL.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ
Data General, 1972 - 1981
Designer of the Nova 2, Nova 3, MP200, and microEclipse CPUs,
as
well as some parts of FHP and EGO

I thought FHP and EGO were completely separate, competing projects?
(Admittedly, my only source is Kidder's book.)

"Dave, AA6YQ" wrote in message
news:lARab.522300$YN5.348403@sccrnsc01...
No cheating! If you're going to homebrew a PDP-8, you have to build it out
of discrete TTL.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ
Data General, 1972 - 1981
Designer of the Nova 2, Nova 3, MP200, and microEclipse CPUs, as
well as some parts of FHP and EGO

I thought FHP and EGO were completely separate, competing projects?
(Admittedly, my only source is Kidder's book.)

"Dave, AA6YQ" wrote in message
news:lARab.522300$YN5.348403@sccrnsc01...
No cheating! If you're going to homebrew a PDP-8, you have to build it out
of discrete TTL.

I had my PDP-8S work-alike operational about 30 years ago. I built it from
TTL.

Very cool. What did you use for memory?

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

"R J Carpenter" wrote in message
...

"Dave, AA6YQ" wrote in message
news:lARab.522300$YN5.348403@sccrnsc01...
No cheating! If you're going to homebrew a PDP-8, you have to build it
out
of discrete TTL.

I had my PDP-8S work-alike operational about 30 years ago. I built it
from
TTL.