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4.09Mhz Built from the ground up Mini-brew MicroComputer
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lordstith
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Haha, yessss...
Um... I've actually thought about getting some silica sand and following the method that was in pop sci how 2.0 a while ago for extracting the pure silicon out of it and then finding a way to dope it from phosphorous from light bulbs or something and aluminum somehow to make my own semis. It's a sickness, I tell you!
DIY relays, all aside, is actually a pretty cool idea. It'd be one nasty mess though. But really you'd just need some solid core copper wire (check) and some nails. hmm... Perhaps this is a feasible cheap project I should look at? I'd need to find a cheap spring-back mechanism, though. maybe the springs out of bic clickeys, but I don't really have a bunch of those right now and it'd be pretty neat to build something functional out of parts I've just got lying around the house.
Um... I've actually thought about getting some silica sand and following the method that was in pop sci how 2.0 a while ago for extracting the pure silicon out of it and then finding a way to dope it from phosphorous from light bulbs or something and aluminum somehow to make my own semis. It's a sickness, I tell you!
DIY relays, all aside, is actually a pretty cool idea. It'd be one nasty mess though. But really you'd just need some solid core copper wire (check) and some nails. hmm... Perhaps this is a feasible cheap project I should look at? I'd need to find a cheap spring-back mechanism, though. maybe the springs out of bic clickeys, but I don't really have a bunch of those right now and it'd be pretty neat to build something functional out of parts I've just got lying around the house.
