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Would it be possible to publish detailed photos of Xerox Alto (populated) PCBs that would allow creation of replicas?
by xkriva11 6y ago
Would it be possible to publish detailed photos of Xerox Alto (populated) PCBs that would allow creation of replicas?
- kens 6y agoThe complete schematics of the Xerox Alto are on Bitsavers. I don't think photos would help a lot with generating a PCB, since the chips cover much of the wiring. A bigger problem with a Xerox Alto replica is the wire-wrapped backplane. It would be a pain to redo that by hand. For most purposes, you'd be better off using the ContrAlto emulator. Schematic link: http://bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/alto/schematics http://bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/alto/schematics ContrAlto link: https://github.com/livingcomputermuseum/ContrAlto https://github.com/livingcomputermuseum/ContrAlto