FPGA VAX update

[Allison]

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>Subject: Re: FPGA VAX update
>   From: woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca>
>   Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 13:24:07 -0700
>     To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>Allison wrote:
>
>>Ego a 16bit machine September 1985.  There was another article whose
>>focus was microprogramming vs sequential machine control and that used
>>the TOY1 archetecture. There were others described in TCJ Dave Brooks
>>simplex III comes to mind.  There are others.
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>Toy I had forgotton.
>Since TJC is now defunct are there any on-line copies of it  I have read 
>the simplex web site.

Dave Brooks has the simplex story on his site (along with the P112).

There is also a web ring for homebrew CPUs, quite a bit of diversity 
out there but PDP-8 is common along with minimalist machines for teaching.

However the most interesting is the Block 1 AGC (apollo guidence computer).


Allison