Marks256
New Member
Hi. I am a highschool student(sophmore) in minnesota. I guess since this is my first post, i might as well give you people a little info about me, then i will get the my problem. Ok, my best friend(let's call him Fred, although that isn't his real name) introduced me to programming in sixth grade. He went to a summer program being held at a local college, called "College for Kids". He took a class there about QBasic. When he was done, he brought his disk home, i copied it, several times. As of right now, we have pritty much mastered QBasic(and not how to spell). In about 7th grade, he introduced me to electronics. That year my parrents bought me a electronics learning lab. I still havn't finished it, because the examples were too boaring! So, i kinda set off on my own, and started discovering things on my own. I am by no means an expirianced electronics person. This is why i came to this website. I hope this forum will teach me what i need to know about electronics. I would like to go to college for Computer Engineering, but there is alot i need to learn before then, so, here is my first problem:
Fred and I would like to build a computer. Just a simple little computer built off of an 8088, 8086, or i486 processer. We would like to know were we should start. We both have very basic ideas on how computers work. Also, if this matters, we are both Computer Techs at our school, so we do know how to work on PC's, but not build one from the ground up! Were should we start? I am going to get a book on ebay this weekend about how the 8088, 8086, and the i486 work, how to program, etc. What else(i don't have a job, so i am short on cash...)?
Fred and I would like to build a computer. Just a simple little computer built off of an 8088, 8086, or i486 processer. We would like to know were we should start. We both have very basic ideas on how computers work. Also, if this matters, we are both Computer Techs at our school, so we do know how to work on PC's, but not build one from the ground up! Were should we start? I am going to get a book on ebay this weekend about how the 8088, 8086, and the i486 work, how to program, etc. What else(i don't have a job, so i am short on cash...)?