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Old 7th Jan 2019, 1:25 am   #13
Argus25
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Default Re: Retro computer homebrew: Orton Karenbak-1 computer

Wow, what a wonderful project, congratulations.

I have recently been repairing a vintage SOL-20 computer from 1976 and it is amazing what they could do. The one I have is fitted with three 16k memory cards.

What astonished me was the number of IC's that Processor Technology (PT) used to create a 16k S-100 style memory card. About 71 IC's . That is more than the total number of IC's used in Atari's Arcade Pong video game from 1972, which has 66 TTL's, for a whole video game.

These old PT cards are really worth a look, they also contained digital delay lines, there is a photo of them here:

http://worldphaco.com/uploads/PROCES...A_RAM_CARD.pdf
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