TTL homebrew CPUs

[Chuck Guzis]

On 11 Jul 2007 at 18:56, John Foust wrote:

> Hadn't heard of those:
> 
> http://home.earthlink.net/~lenyr/borax.htm
> 
> but they look interesting.  So why do they glow?

I remember my father telling me about the borax-and-aluminum "battery 
eliminator" he used as a boy.

My guess is that the glow is for the same reason as the glowing 
pickle--you get tiny steam bubbles and an arc that ionizes the vapor 
within.

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/31/howto_make_a_glowing.html


Cheers,
Chuck