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    <description>Updates for the Megaprocessor.</description>
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    <copyright>James Newman</copyright>
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      <title>Second Birthday</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2018 17:46:57 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.megaprocessor.com/progress.html#24_july_2018</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Machine is now 2 and still running !
Guiness world record.
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      <title>Recommissioning goes well</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 23:05:09 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.megaprocessor.com/progress.html#20_october_2016</link>
      <description><![CDATA[We've moved the machine. It's up and running, The end is nigh !]]></description>
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      <title>The Megaprocessor is moving to a museum.</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2016 17:36:28 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.megaprocessor.com/progress.html#24_september_2016</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Megaprocessor will be moving to the "Centre for Computing History" in a few weeks time.]]></description>
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      <title>Open Days, reliability, ....</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:24:34 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.megaprocessor.com/progress.html#20_august_2016</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Next open day is 10 Sep.
Starting to get a feel for reliability
Looking at web traffic]]></description>
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      <title>Megaprocessor now on YouTube</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2016 11:26:15 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.megaprocessor.com/progress.html#25_june_2016</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Several people have remarked that the videos can be slow to play so they've all been uploaded to YouTube.]]></description>
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      <title>The Megaprocessor is built !</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2016 13:04:31 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.megaprocessor.com/progress.html#22_june_2016</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Integration has finished, the Megaprocessor is complete. And it works.]]></description>
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      <title>Integration - processor body</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2016 15:25:11 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.megaprocessor.com/progress.html#23_may_2016</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The five frames that make up the processor body are now integrated together. I've also rounded out the website a bit more and uploaded the latest simulator and assembler.]]></description>
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      <title>Integration - another frame</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 1 May 2016 15:00:52 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.megaprocessor.com/progress.html#1_may_2016</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[It's been a good week. We now have 4/5 frames of the Megaprocessor proper running together.]]></description>
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      <title>Integration - about half way</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2016 18:37:53 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.megaprocessor.com/progress.html#21_april_2016</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Several frames now working together]]></description>
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      <title>Integration Step 1 completed</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:18:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.megaprocessor.com/progress.html#19_march_2016</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[We've had a first go at getting all the parts of the Control Frame to work together. We downloaded a small program and the emulator was able to boot and run it.]]></description>
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      <title>Ready for integration</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2016 14:01:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.megaprocessor.com/progress.html#13th_march_2016</link>
      <description><![CDATA[I now have all the tools I need for final integration. I've added a few pages including one on cost and materials. The estimate of LEDs is now over 10,000. And there's over a quarter million solder joints.]]></description>
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      <title>We have Tetris</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:35:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.megaprocessor.com/progress.html#19_february_2016</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The launch programs (Tetris, tic-tac-toe, Life)  have been written and run in simulation. User I/O will be a Venom Arcade Stick so we have josytick control.
Also taken the top off an actual physical transnitor and had a look inside.]]></description>
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      <title>The start of the end</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 12:58:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[I've built the Controller and I/O frame
So we now have 7 frames which is enough to construct a working Megaprocessor.
Bit of tidying up, then we start integration.]]></description>
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      <title>Memory Frame completed</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2015 15:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Finally completed the memory. 256 bytes, 2048 bits, over 20000 transistors. Small video of it in action.]]></description>
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      <title>Special Purpose Registers frame completed&lt;new&gt;</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:11:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.megaprocessor.com/progress.html#28_october_2015</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Small soldering disaster...4000 wrong transistors.
Finshed the frame for Special Purpose Registers.
Added a page to answer some FAQ and describe some of the problems I've encountered on the way.]]></description>
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      <title>Megaprocessor progress</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2015 19:05:11 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Soldering nears completion.
All the metalworkand carpentry has been done, living room is filling up.
Configuration for first version determined.
Processor might run faster.]]></description>
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      <title>Decoder Frame Completed</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2015 16:20:37 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The decoder frame is now up and running which means we've crossed the half way point of the build.
I've also created a little video showing the decoder in action with actual flashing lights.]]></description>
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      <title>Added RSS feed,</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 6 Jul 2015 12:33:51 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Aded an RSS feed in response to requests.]]></description>
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