Re: PDP-8 building instructions in your kitchen...

From: "Donald Hosford" <Hosford.Donald@ACD.net>

> Gads...Sounds easier to wait for someone else to do it first, then buy
your
> chips...

Easier, yes, unless you've got a low-tech infrastructure. Which is the
reason for this
thread in the first place.

> BTW  A group of students have replicated the entire ENIAC computer on
a
CMOS
> chip. The entire thing is only about 6mm square, and contains about
174,569
> transisters.	Here is the URL:
>
> http://www.ee.upenn.edu/~jan/eniacproj.html)

Impressive. I forget the component count for the PDP-8, but it was
<1000,
plus another
10k or so for memory and IO. The clock was separate too, that's
non-trivial
analogue
circuitry.