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How the site was developed

This site was written with PHP, based on a generic library I developed some ago, called "Help Books". It relies on a MySQL database which structure is very simple: records are defined to be "nodes" of a unique tree; "Books" are actually nodes which parents happen to be the root of the tree.

Help Books had proven to be a convenient technology since it allows for easy rearrange of the content. In fact, moving entire branches (even across books) is very simple from the code prospective. The hierarchical organization of the content, on the other part, is very natural for technical documentation such as that for this project in particular.

As a consequence of the flexibility provided by Help Books technology, this site is in constant change, not only because new content is added frequently but also because existing content is being rearranged in favor or organization. The site you are visiting right now might be very different from what it was months ago.

Nevertheless what you are visiting now is the most recent and convenient view of a huge amount of content built little by little along months of documentation effort, and is still growing and reshaped conveniently as the project evolves.

Homebuilt CPUs WebRing

JavaScript by Qirien Dhaela

Join the ring?

David Brooks, the designer of the Simplex-III homebrew computer, has founded the Homebuilt CPUs Web Ring. To join, drop David a line, mentioning your page's URL. He will then add it to the list.
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Project start date: May 13 of 2009