Comments on: Two Useful Books

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 16:31:26 +0000

This is awesome! Thanks for the reference. I had to change the URL since my old domain expired and was bought by a parking agency before I could grab it again…

By: David Cary

David Cary — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 13:57:41 +0000

An early rough draft of a book about TTL CPU design and related topics is available at:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Microprocessor_Design/Wire_Wrap

You can help us make it better. (I hope Kyle is happy I added a link from that book to 8 bit spaghetti).

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:20:19 +0000

Hi Kyle,

Cool project!

Another interesting book on the subject, is “Code: The hidden language of computer hardware and software”. it is much lighter theoretically, but an excellent and fun read. Probably the best book to come out of Microsoft Press ever (it has nothing to do with windows or microsoft, cant even remember if windows is ever mentioned)

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:20:41 +0000

Thanks for the info. I love reading up on the history of the CPU, it does help me a lot with my computer project.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:20:25 +0000

I haven’t read all your posts, but just in case you’re not aware, there’s a ton of information relevant to your computer cpu design if you search for bit-sliced design, microarchitecture, or micro-programmed design. As I recall, I think this was really becoming formalized and widely available around 1978 or so. AMD was one of the main vendors of the bit-slice components, and they had lots of info. Or maybe you’re trying to get down even closer to the nuts and bolts.