The future of our hobby (was Re: ImageDisk project is canceled)

[woodelf]

Patrick Finnegan wrote:

>On Thursday 29 December 2005 14:09, William Donzelli wrote:
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>>>I guess they are so secret that they never made it to the surplus
>>>market.!
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>>I would bet there are a few nuts with stuff like this in garages as
>>well.
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>>But there is NO POINT in making new TTL.
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Well I guess it is rather hard to make OLD TTL.
Well I want LDL logic...   Light emiting diode logic ... The diodes in 
the chip glow
when active.  The DIP even has  the Nand Symbols and conections printed 
on it.

>Of course, the real bitch about doing a fab in your garage, as opposed 
>to most classic computing, is the really high temp furnaces, and the 
>rather toxic chemicals you have to use.  I'd imagine that you could get 
>in a lot of trouble with, eg, the EPA (or maybe even the DHS nowadays) 
>if someone found out you were doing a fab at your house, in the US.
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Heck, you can't even have a DIY web page up even as a JOKE.  Lighting a 
BBQ with LOX was
a great page! The chemicals would be the bitch -- all trade secrets, not 
the fab itself.

>Pat
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But I do expect there is a list of often needed old TTL,RTL & DTL to 
keep classic hardware running.