Was speaking to a friend and he pointed out that HF is tightly regulated so it's probably worth looking at alternatives also I don't want to die
modutek.com
DIY Semiconductor Fabrication
Joseph Cruz
Easton Brooks
Who says we need 32-bit? I can do 99% of my computing on my IMSAI with a 2MHz 8-bit Z80.
Contiki OS has a TCP/IP stack and a browser that will run on a 6502. I've not tested it on 8ch, but I've seen it post to a smaller chan whose name escapes me.
If you could build individual transistors, you could replicate the MOnSter 6502 project. There's also the C74-6502 project, to build a C64 from 7400 series TTL. The logic is out there, it would (hopefully) just be a matter of translating it to a usable form on homebrew components. Speed could be an issue as it is with the MOnSter (it can't replace the Apple ]['s CPU for timing reasons, for example), but there are already systems that are compatible with it, such as the Cactus.
Even if you could only get a few hundred KHz out of it, with a fast, character addressing serial terminal it would still feel more responsive than the 110baud teletypes people put up with in the 70s.
Lincoln Peterson
Apparently you can get 20% KOH off Amazon, anything over 16% needs a loicence in Bongistan but the etch time is pretty bad for 20% already so idk
Eli Barnes
cleanroom.byu.edu
Looks like you can speed it up with isobroply alcohol
Kayden Hill
Based on this you can get a 3cm wafer etched in 2 days, which is alright
Josiah Smith
You may be right, but there was also the clipper chip around then, so the glowinthedarks were at least trying. You can't keep those systems running forever though. I think 60-70s systems based on transistors or simple TTL ICs will outlast 90s stuff purely because most of the parts (or equivalents) are still in production, and the parts that aren't are simple enough to work around. (I recall seeing a 70s-era minicomputer controlled mass spectrometer having a couple of single IC ALUs replaced with a drop-in clone made from handful of 4000 series chips. It was ugly but it worked)
That could work but it wouldn't be fun. I've seen it done and booting alone took nearly 15 minutes on a 486 (can't remember which model). You'd be better off patching the shit out of a 2.4 series kernel. Slackware was usable on a DX2-66 into the early 2000s.
Lincoln Kelly
Glass etcher/rust remover. You can always make your own. Or, you could just move to freedomland. Yes there are regulated chemicals, but that's mostly just for ones needed for drug manufacture.
Move to Murrica already. Holy shit. You seriously need a loicense for drain cleaner? I have a friend that gets pure KOH off eBay for making liquid soap. You can buy relatively pure NaOH and various acids at most hardware stores.
Adrian Harris
I'd rather move literally anywhere else. You don't need one for drain cleaner I'm guessing our drain cleaner just has different stuff in it or a lower concentration.
Nolan Allen
So I was looking at Zeloof's pictures. It looks like he was using a trinocular microscope. The projector is projecting down the trinocular port where the camera adapter would normally go. He then uses a usb camera adapter in place of one of the eyepieces. Pretty clever.