> It was just a passing thought. Michael said exactly what I was thinking,
with
> the reward being a piece of hardware that you can take pride in and what
is
> apparently a great deal of knowledge learnt. That would be worth a great
deal
> to me, though I doubt I could actually follow through and come up with
> something like this myself.

I always liked the motorola 6800 series.. especially the 6809. I designed my
own computer based on a 6809 but havent got around to building it until now.
I recently replaced most of the IO logic with PICs to allow for a bit more
flexibility once I assemble it. I'm really looking forward to powering it up
and seeing it work- even though it won't be particularly spectacular to
others, I can't wait to write an email with it or something- It doesnt have
a real purpose other than for me to be proud of.

Unfortunatley the older processors are getting hard to find so its going to
get more difficult and ultimately impossible to do this kind of thing in
future-for a hobbyist at least.

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Jon Baker

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