"This guy built his own CPU and VGA card. The site is in German. Here is the Babelfish translation of the site."
My Hovercraft is full of eels! I will not buy this *tobacconist's*, it is scratched. Do you waaaaant...do you waaaaaant...to come back to my place, bouncy bouncy? Drop your panties, Sir William; I cannot wait 'til lunchtime.
Abuser: WHAT DO YOU WANT? Man: Well, I was told outside that... Abuser: Don't give me that, you snotty-faced heap of parrot droppings! Man: What? Abuser: Shut your festering gob, you tit! Your type really makes me puke, you vacuous, coffee-nosed, maloderous, pervert!!! Man: Look, I CAME HERE FOR AN ARGUMENT, I'm not going to just stand...!! Abuser: OH, oh I'm sorry, but this is abuse. Man: Oh, I see, well, that explains it. Abuser: Ah yes, you want room 12A, Just along the corridor. Man: Oh, Thank you very much. Sorry. Abuser: Not at all. Man: Thank You. Abuser: (Under his breath) Stupid git!!
In other news...
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Anonymous Coward
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...A German housefire injures a computer hacker working on a weird project. Noone else was hurt.
Babelfish has a way to go yet ...
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pantropik
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From the article:
I am conscious to me that it is a rather moved idea to build itself its own CCU but perhaps give it of people, which I can animate by this Website to something something similar or which even my CCU to copy to want. I will make everything available on this side gradually, which is needed for the reproduction of the CCU.
Say that 3 times fast. Go ahead, I dare ya.
The site is short on (understandable) details, but the thing apparently runs at a blistering 5Mhz which happens to be 5Mhz faster than anything I could ever build. Impressive, but I don't think AMD and Intel should be worried just yet. Via... maybe.
Technology moves ahead.
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stph
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Holy 1970 Batman! The fiend has built his own computer! What nefarious plans he must have?
Real Germans only speak in accented english, the German language itself is only a urban legend.;p
-- Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face
Re:big deal
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Anonymous Coward
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Undergrads at most universities build their own CPUs. It's just a matter of coughing up the $$ to fabricate them.
So what you meant to say was Undergrads at most universites design their own cpus. Using your definition I could go build another Great Pyramid. I just wouldn't have to actually BUILD it, just draw some pictures.
Re:And the point?
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Skim123
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Yeah, it lacks a point. Kind of like playing computer games, reading, watching TV, or any other hobby. Oh wait, all those things are fun and enjoyable (save the watching TV part). Maybe that's why he did it?
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I could not justify my existence if I were a turkey farmer. Would I terminate myself? Undoubtably, yes.
If this guy ever goes camping, which is doubtful given his penchant for the computer life; I would like to go along.
I Imagine that before the s'mores are grilled (graham crackers, hershey bars & marshmallows) he will have a king sized bed made out of duck down, a T.V. made out of acorns, and an air conditioner made out of discarded spam cans.
Wonder if he is single? I have a lovely niece.
What am I saying? Of course he is single.
-- Harpo Tunnel Syndrome--my wrist feels funny.
Re:All the news that's
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Nefrayu
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Even so, if we ever need a name for a new month, I nominate "Hexidecember". It has a nice ring to it, and my trademark registration has already been filed.
Unfortunately, a paralegal at SCO has just discovered that they own the copyrights to "Hexidecember.";-)
-- Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.
Not too far out--really!
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Hacker+Cracker
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Not that long ago we had to build a functioning RISC computer from logic ICs at Cal Poly Pomona. And not as a part of an EE program either--it was a part of the CS curriculum!
In all the time I spent there, that was one of the most interesting things I've ever done. Luckily for us, we didn't have to design and etch the boards, but we did have to come up with the microcode and burn it into EPROMs as well as solder a bunch of components and IC sockets onto said board. We also had to write an assembler for it as well and of course the whole thing had to work if you wanted to pass the course!
It was only capable of handling 4 bits at a time and was manually clocked (keep flipping faster! I need those spreadsheet values by tomorrow!) but by God the thing actually worked. And you could actually understand how it worked.
Even though you could conceivably expand the thing to 32 or 64 bits, I can't imagine why anyone would. Except of course if you're living in a post-apocalyptic (or post NGSCB) world where you can't walk into a store and buy one...
-- Shamus
This space for rent! EZ terms!
Re:big deal
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Anonymous Coward
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Yeah, electrons can be expensive. You might try neutrons instead, sometimes you can get them free of charge.
-- Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.
Re:I can make a computer
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Nexus+Seven
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I already have a beowulf cluster of those. It fits in a minivan.
Re:I can make a computer
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kurosawdust
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Yeah, a computer that throws errors (and other blunt objects) constantly, coredumps at least once a day and has 33.3% downtime?
pish-posh. I'll try to find a woman who can produce me an abacus, thank you very much.
Re:Aaah, the wonders of BASIC (and boredom)
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conradp
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Heh. Back in high school we all had TI-83's. You can do a lot with 28k and BASIC given...
You think you had it bad with a TI-83? We would 'ave dreamed of having a TI-83! Our school had just one computer with only one bit of memory, and the only operation it could perform was XOR. We had to pass it around the class and hope that no one set the bit before it got to us!
We had to carve the stone input decks with our bare hands, then to reboot we'd have to stick the computer into a 240Volt socket and close the connection with our bare tongues!
But you tell that to kids these days, and they won't believe you.
-- "To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it." -- Olin Miller
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My Hovercraft is full of eels!
I will not buy this *tobacconist's*, it is scratched.
Do you waaaaant...do you waaaaaant...to come back to my place, bouncy bouncy?
Drop your panties, Sir William; I cannot wait 'til lunchtime.
...A German housefire injures a computer hacker working on a weird project. Noone else was hurt.
Say that 3 times fast. Go ahead, I dare ya.
The site is short on (understandable) details, but the thing apparently runs at a blistering 5Mhz which happens to be 5Mhz faster than anything I could ever build. Impressive, but I don't think AMD and Intel should be worried just yet. Via
Holy 1970 Batman! The fiend has built his own computer! What nefarious plans he must have?
What a wimp. He didn't even make his own monitor!
FoundNews.com - get paid to blog.,
Undergrads at most universities build their own CPUs. It's just a matter of coughing up the $$ to fabricate them.
So what you meant to say was Undergrads at most universites design their own cpus. Using your definition I could go build another Great Pyramid. I just wouldn't have to actually BUILD it, just draw some pictures.
Yeah, it lacks a point. Kind of like playing computer games, reading, watching TV, or any other hobby. Oh wait, all those things are fun and enjoyable (save the watching TV part). Maybe that's why he did it?
I could not justify my existence if I were a turkey farmer. Would I terminate myself? Undoubtably, yes.
I Imagine that before the s'mores are grilled (graham crackers, hershey bars & marshmallows) he will have a king sized bed made out of duck down, a T.V. made out of acorns, and an air conditioner made out of discarded spam cans.
Wonder if he is single? I have a lovely niece.
What am I saying? Of course he is single.
Harpo Tunnel Syndrome--my wrist feels funny.
Even so, if we ever need a name for a new month, I nominate "Hexidecember". It has a nice ring to it, and my trademark registration has already been filed. ;-)
Unfortunately, a paralegal at SCO has just discovered that they own the copyrights to "Hexidecember."
Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.
Not that long ago we had to build a functioning RISC computer from logic ICs at Cal Poly Pomona. And not as a part of an EE program either--it was a part of the CS curriculum!
In all the time I spent there, that was one of the most interesting things I've ever done. Luckily for us, we didn't have to design and etch the boards, but we did have to come up with the microcode and burn it into EPROMs as well as solder a bunch of components and IC sockets onto said board. We also had to write an assembler for it as well and of course the whole thing had to work if you wanted to pass the course!
It was only capable of handling 4 bits at a time and was manually clocked (keep flipping faster! I need those spreadsheet values by tomorrow!) but by God the thing actually worked. And you could actually understand how it worked.
Even though you could conceivably expand the thing to 32 or 64 bits, I can't imagine why anyone would. Except of course if you're living in a post-apocalyptic (or post NGSCB) world where you can't walk into a store and buy one...
-- Shamus
This space for rent! EZ terms!
Yes, but did you design your own CPU?
On a project like this, I always roll my own electrons, none of that store-bought stuff.
They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
I already have a beowulf cluster of those. It fits in a minivan.
Yeah, a computer that throws errors (and other blunt objects) constantly, coredumps at least once a day and has 33.3% downtime? pish-posh. I'll try to find a woman who can produce me an abacus, thank you very much.
Heh. Back in high school we all had TI-83's. You can do a lot with 28k and BASIC given ...
You think you had it bad with a TI-83? We would 'ave dreamed of having a TI-83! Our school had just one computer with only one bit of memory, and the only operation it could perform was XOR. We had to pass it around the class and hope that no one set the bit before it got to us!
We had to carve the stone input decks with our bare hands, then to reboot we'd have to stick the computer into a 240Volt socket and close the connection with our bare tongues!
But you tell that to kids these days, and they won't believe you.
"To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it." -- Olin Miller