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Computer history, restoring vintage computers, IC reverse engineering, and whatever
Die photos and analysis of the revolutionary 8008 microprocessor, 45 years old
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Intel's groundbreaking 8008 microprocessor was first produced 45 years ago. 1 This chip, Intel's first 8-bit microprocessor, is the...
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Superbeta transistors inside: Die photos and analysis of the LM108 op amp
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The LM108 op amp is an interesting chip to examine under a microscope because it uses special superbeta transistors for high performance....
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Inside a RFID race timing chip: die photos of the Monza R6
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I recently watched a cross-country running race that used a digital timing system, so I investigated how the RFID timing chip works. Ea...
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Simulating a Xerox Alto with the ContrAlto simulator: games and Smalltalk
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The revolutionary Xerox Alto computer came out in 1973 and set the direction for personal computing. If you want to try out the Alto'...
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Restoring YC's Xerox Alto day 10: New boards, running programs, mouse problems
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Last week our vintage Alto was crashing; we traced the problem to an incompatibility between two of the processor boards. Today we repla...
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