PCB Isolation

I recently revisited the design using a PCB rather than a prototype board.

Here is board after milling:

Here is the complete board with eight NAND gates:

Want to build a Discrete Transistor CPU?

If you have ever contemplate building a transistor CPU, one approach is to design simple building block.
Here is a six 3 input nand gates that can be configured as a D-Latch or a flipflop.
You will need about 150 of these as a minimum (about 800 for an Intel 8080).

Hers is my board design (the components values are as discussed in this page):

If you have not realised the top red links are actually wire links (the board is actually single sided).

After cruising the Internet another "transistor logic" guy has build one of these (I can't re-find the webpage) and says that it does not work and recommends the 9 gate version. That suggests I will have to build a couple to check.

Another "transistor logic" guy says the 2N3904 is much faster (x4) than the BC548. So why not go for a 2N3904 version (its a common garden variety).

Just waiting now on delivery of a resistors/capacitors and transistors.

Just have to check the 2N3904 pin-outs before finalising the board.

Regards AlanX