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Hand-made Web Server, Built From 200 TTL Chips

Posted by Hemos on from the good-stuff-to-do dept.

ps writes "Bill Buzbee has constructed a hand-made CPU, complete with hardware address translation, memory mapped I/O, and DMA, out of 200 74-series TTL chips wired together with thousands of individually wrapped wires. By using a port of Adam Dunkels' uIP TCP/IP stack to the Magic-1, it currently serves up live web pages at an amazing speed of 3 MHz. See the website for photos and schematics."

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  1. Serves up webpages... by drunkennewfiemidget · · Score: 5, Funny

    And as part of its stress-testing procedure, its been slashdotted!

    1. Re:Serves up webpages... by squiggleslash · · Score: 5, Funny

      I just read something in the Wall Street Journal suggesting he was going to phase out the 200 TTL chips, and switch to Intel...

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  2. Checklist by nizo · · Score: 5, Funny
    - Lots of gigantor pictures: Check
    - Already slow even before hitting the front page: Check
    - Millions of bored geeks have just dragged themselves into work: Check


    Yep, there is no chance this will get slashdotted, but in case it does, I think there is a mirror working here.

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  3. Re:Not a smart move.. by lanced · · Score: 5, Funny

    That just goes to show how advanced that computer really is. This guy included firewire.

  4. Looks Like He's Whipped Also by HABITcky · · Score: 5, Funny
    I love this part from his site:
    When I said "my wife" in the previous section, I actually meant to say "my beautiful, intelligent and under appreciated wife who not only does way more than her share of the work around here, but also knows that this web site exists and checks it out from time to time."
  5. submitter guilty of gross negligence and vandalism by Thud457 · · Score: 5, Funny
    That was just MEAN!

    This is a prime case where the submitter should have : 1) warned the site's owner, 2) made arrangements for a mirror or coral cache or bittorrent whatever. Because you KNOW this bitch was gonna go down like a three-year-old trying to stop a stampeding herd of elephants.

    And the alledged "management" of slashdot should have at least warned the poor sap before unleashing this upon his little corner of the web.

    That said, this sounds uber-l33t, and I'm planning to check it out once the smoking rubble is cleared away.

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  6. How long does it take to rip a CD on this succa?!! by Thud457 · · Score: 5, Funny

    DRM-free, beeyotch!!!!

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