Dr. CockroachThis is currently where I am at with this build. Does not look like much but when wiring the way I am then time drags on :-)
Same confusing circuits but now with a new look. At least it will now fit through the room door when it is time to move :-)
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A project log for The Cardboard Computer - IO is my name
My goal is a 4-bit CPU using recycled cardboard substrate and Diode Transistor Logic. This is an educational platform for me.
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Should make a maze out of it. :)
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That would really mess me up :-) I am winging this design as I go, no drawings to speak of.
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LoL.... Bill Gates has nothing to fear from me :-). I have measured this beast here and now realize that it will not fit through the workshop door or window, so I will need to be able to disassemble the panels if I move. I had not planned on connectors between sections till now :-). I have had reel to reels before and liked using them. I even had a 1/2 inch b/w video reel to reel that had a bootleg copy of Star Wars and a poor copy at that. Take care and have a great day...
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Hey Mark, this is almost starting to look like the CP-901 on the P-3 Orion II that I use to fly in, when I was in the Navy!
Its the display!
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Well, It would never have fit into the ultralight I used to fly back in the 80's :-)
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Hey Mark.
Good grief lol... I'd no idea it was that extensive, the tower is probably twice what I imagined from your photos before. Now I see what you mean by hard to move.
"Hand built processor? I'd love to see that!"
"Sure, I'll put the bits in a cardboard box and bring it over."
:-)
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Good morning Jez,
And it will not do Windows or DOS LoL :-) A punched card or paper tape could be on the table. :-)
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Heheh... Logically speaking you'd be hard pushed to make Bill Gates out of cardboard and paper fasteners... :-)
When I moved to where I am now I had to downsize heavily and one of the things I had to let go of was an ancient reel-to-reel tape recorder I repaired and was given for my troubles. I record digitally now, so I didnt think I'd ever find a use for it and it wound up on eBay. Such a shame because you're giving me ideas...
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