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river
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Re: My really old computer

Tue, 05 April 2005 12:57

Hi,

86DRFT wrote on Tue, 05 April 2005 22:20

so whats the go with these old computers, if they aint useful are they just fun to muck around with?

Yeah, they're fun. I can get these old things to run more stuff, like servos, relays and other stuff than you can with the latest gear. Sure, the latest gear could do it, but you don't see too many add-in cards that can do the things that you want - and at a reasonable price.

Besides, it's good (and fun to sicko's like me I s'pose) to design from scratch a computer, build it, then develop your own OS all from nothing.

Most of these tasks (servo, relay control etc) are now done with microcontrollers such as the PIC and AVR chips, and they offer a single chip (or minimal chip) solution. I build and program these chips too, but I prefer playing with microprocessors.

I got some old Intel 8080 chips (circa 1974) to build my oldest computer. But, that's gonna have to wait until I clear out a few other projects and shit.

seeyuzz
river

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