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Owner of original Intel 8080 pre-production layout seeks restorer — handcrafted Rubylith mask shows 5,000 transistors and interconnect patterns of the fabled 2 MHz CPU
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The owner of what is claimed to be “the original engineering copy of the Intel 8080 rubylith mask” has shared a social media shout-out, looking for a skilled restorer.
From the shared photograph, this important artifact from the history of computing looks like it would benefit from remounting and reframing.
Hopefully, the hand‑crafted, large‑scale sheet of red film (Rubylith) has remained in good condition under glass, though.
Hey uhh long shotBut i own the original engineering copy of the intel 8080 rubylith maskI need to get it restoredAnyone know the right guy?
The commercial Intel 8080 release ended up being manufactured on a 6 μm silicon gate process.