SMT PDP-8 (was Re: group buy for homebrew CPUs?)

Josef Chessor josefcub at gmail.com
Mon Aug 14 00:31:22 CDT 2006


On 8/14/06, David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> wrote:
> I'm guestimating that once these miniaturized Rxxx and Sxxx modules are
> designed, manufacturing them in the quantities required for even a single
> Straight-8 would be very cheap.  Now about the backplane: Is it possible
> to make it with a PCB, or is wire-wrap absolutely required?

On a related note, but a separate question, does anyone actually have
the wiring schedule for a PDP-8/S backplane?  A long time ago, I was
willing to start constructing flip chip modules that made up a PDP-8,
but I could never find the wiring schedule for the backplane online so
that I could truly build the computer.

(I'm great at assembly[sic], horrible at design).

Josef



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