TTL homebrew CPUs

[Tim Shoppa]

"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:

> On 7 Jul 2007 at 21:38, Lars Hamren wrote:
>
> > The first computer built by Computer Automation, circa 1967, was the
> > PDC 808. It was an 8-bit TTL-only machine with a very basic
> > instruction set. In "Computer Technician's Handbook" Brice Ward
> > describes tat machine in great detail. Should be enough to build a
> > replica from.
>
> Wasn't there an article in one of the magazines (Byte, 
> Microcomputing, Kilobaud???) where a fellow gave details about 
> constructing his own TTL 8080 CPU?  

I remember a homebrew TTL CPU that used 7489's (16x4 SRAM. Not 16Kx4,
or 16Mx4, just 16x4!) in a dense array for main memory. Something
about baby-bottle liners filled with chilled water to keep them cool...

Would've been mid-70's or earlier. By the mid-70's 2102's were available
and nobody would've been using 7489's.

Don't remember which magazine!

Tim.