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Mini-08 single-board computer based on the 8008 CPU [video]
Author : zdw
Score : 27 points
Date : 2023-10-30 19:12 UTC (2 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.youtube.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.youtube.com)
| JustinGoldberg9 wrote:
| Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these.
| jamesmunns wrote:
| Text writeup is on the authors website, in case you prefer that
| over a video: https://www.smbaker.com/the-mini-08-8008-single-
| board-comput...
| pomian wrote:
| Great link thanks. Text is sometimes more fathomable. Explains
| a lot of the use potential for such a hack. Having a register
| monitor is very cool.
| wing-_-nuts wrote:
| This may be a stupid question, but why do this? Is this purely to
| learn how 8008 asm works? Wouldn't one be able to do that in an
| emulator just as easily? Maybe some folks are drawn to historic
| hardware I guess?
| hn8305823 wrote:
| I don't know the age of the author but many of us dreamed of
| doing this when we were younger. It's not surprising that some
| would eventually follow through as adults with vastly more
| resources.
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| It probably comes down to nostalgia and "just to see if I can
| actually do it" in many cases
| retrac wrote:
| An actual 8008 chip is a rare antique at this point. Some
| people collect ICs, either for nostalgia and amusement, and I
| guess a few as a serious investment. If you have one it's nice
| to have a circuit to put the chip in.
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| Electronically speaking, I'd note that the 8008 is early PMOS.
| Making it run is harder than your average 5 volt
| microcontroller (whether from the 1980s or today). Multi-phase
| clock, multiplexed address, data, and control bus, and a
| negative 9 volt power supply.
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