I can't remember exactly when we first came up with the idea for the x86 still, but it's been discussed on a number of occasions over the last few weeks by Richard (the Co-webmaster at Exaflop) and I.

The basics of distillation are simple, you heat alcoholic fluid until the alcohol starts to evaporate, then you cool it so it condenses elsewhere into pure alcohol. To put it simply, the key components are a heating device and a cooling device. Now the average PC, has both a heating device (The processor) and a cooling device (The fan). The question we asked was "By separating the processor from its fan and adding a few small components, could we convince an ordinary PC to distil alcohol?"

A lazy Saturday afternoon, a quick trip to the model shop and I discovered the answer.

MAKING MOONSHINE WITH A CPU WITH SCREENSHOTS