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Bobbias Canada1373 Posts March 01 2012 23:43 GMT #21 A small fully functional TTL based ALU circuit It's actually pretty cheap to buy the necessary logic on chips, and it doesn't have to be a huge ALU either. http://cpuville.com/ALU.htm gives you an idea of what it takes for an ALU fully integrated to a computer. Implementing an ALU by itself would mostly require some redesign on the part of the Input and Output sections, and maybe a reduced complexity/opcode section (maybe only a few instructions and a few switches for operations without multiplication/division)

Chairman Ray United States11903 Posts March 02 2012 01:14 GMT #22 I think an awesome gift would be a computer from the early 1990's. Those things are fun to fiddle around with. Something like this: I have no clue where to get one though

Abductedonut United States324 Posts March 02 2012 01:23 GMT #23 You should get him a DIY LED cube kit! They're awesome! The best part: you can program the patterns in C/C++ http://zomgtronics.com/

Half United States2554 Posts March 02 2012 01:57 GMT #24 Buy him a pet turtle. Why? Everyone loves turtles.

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