DIY CPU Demo'd Running Minix

DeviceGuru writes "Bill Buzbee offered the first public demonstration of the open-source Minix OS — a cousin of Linux — running on his homebrew minicomputer, the Magic-1, at the Vintage Computer Festival in Mountain View, Calif. The Magic-1 minicomputer is built with 74-series TTL ICs using wire-wrap construction, and implements a homebrew, 8086-like ISA. Rather than using a commercial microprocessor, Buzbee created his own microcoded CPU that runs at 4.09 MHz, and is in the same ballpark as an old 8086 in performance and capabilities. The CPU has a 22-bit physical address bus and an 8-bit data bus."

Comments

Re:Wow.

[FlyingGuy]

Here I am with Mod Points and I can't mod you as.... just a fucking jerk .

This is SO frustrating!

mini is a relative term.

[edwardpickman]

From the size of the thing I wonder where the beer goes? It'd take a lot of ice given how toasty I'm guessing it gets.

Re:cousin?

[Anonymous Coward]

Barak Osama is a muslim nigga. Compared to that, Dick Cheney is relatively normal.

Re:But does it run.... ?

[node 3]

Hmm. If you understand that humor is subjective, you will realize that what you've just posted is stupid. Alternately, if you think humor is objective, well, then you're just plain stupid. Hrmm. If you understand that 'stupid' is subjective, you will realize that what you've just posted is self-contradictory.

And why can't you just skip over content that doesn't interest you And why can't you just skip over content that doesn't interest you?

What do you base your assertion that the AC must keep *his* opinion to himself, but you are under no such restriction?

And to clarify: I think both you and the AC have every right to express your opinion. I just think your attack was unwarranted[1], and highly[1] hypocritical[2].

[1] Subjective, Opinion
[2] Objective, Fact

Re:cousin?

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't understand your point. Bush won. Twice!

BlowMe Cluster

[professional_troll]

Fixed