At 14:41 11/18/2005 -0800, Christian Seberino wrote: >The Intel chips are for real work and very complicated. > >What is the simplest computer chip one can buy to learn >and play with? > >(e.g. Suppose you wanted to teach a class for high school >students on the workings of a computer. A *butt* simple >chip for this class would be a life saver to the kids.) > >Chris
A CD4001 CMOS quad NOR gate. It can do all the basic boolean operations, and you "program" it by moving a jumper wire or two. It will run off of a pair of AA cells and can drive an LED. Cost is about 25 cents. You'll probably want a breadboard though so that increases the initial cost significantly. Gus -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
