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In 1975, [D. L. Slotnick], CS professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faced a problem: meteorologists were collecting a lot more data than current weather simulations could handle. [Slotnick]'s solution was to build a faster computer to run these atmosphere circulation simulations. The only problem was the computer needed to be built quickly and cheaply, so that meant using … [Read more...]
When [GG] was 12 years old, he was introduced to BugBooks, the wonderful 'introduction to digital design' books from the early 1970s. It has always been a dream of [GG] to build the TTL computer featured in the BugBooks, and now that he has the necessary time and money available to him, the Apollo181 has become a reality. [GG]'s computer is built around a 74181 ALU, an exceptionally old-school … [Read more...]
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