Jecel wrote:
> On Feb 8, 7:05 am, Gregory Estrade wrote:
>> You can add those too :
>> http://torlus.com/index.php?2007/12/05/208-oric-in-a-fpga-continued
>> http://torlus.com/index.php?2007/03/19/200-thomson-mo5-in-a-fpga
>> http://torlus.com/index.php?2007/01/31/198-hector-hrx-in-a-fpga
>>
>> Someday, I will set up a dedicated page for all these projects :)
> 
> Great! This subject really needs a whole wiki to itself rather than
> just a page at a hard to remember address. This is on my "to do" list,
> but it will be a while before I get to it.
> 
> -- Jecel

"I have discovered a truly wonderful proof of this, but the margin
  is too narrow to hold it."     -- Pierre de Fermat

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Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> In article <1...@snowball.wb.pfeifferfamily.net>,
> p...@cs.nmsu.edu (Joe Pfeiffer) writes:
> 
>> Al Kossow <a...@bitsavers.org> writes:
>>
>>> Reviving early computing dinosaurs from the surviving DNA is
>>> difficult.
>> That's a line that deserves to be put above the entrance to a
>> computer museum.
> 
> "It's a Unix system!  I know this!"  -- Jurassic Park
> 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFUlAQZB9Ng

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In article
<hksqmd$arq$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
 Charles Richmond <f...@tx.rr.com> wrote:

> Jecel wrote:
> > On Feb 8, 7:05 am, Gregory Estrade wrote:
> >> You can add those too :
> >> http://torlus.com/index.php?2007/12/05/208-oric-in-a-fpga-continued
> >> http://torlus.com/index.php?2007/03/19/200-thomson-mo5-in-a-fpga
> >> http://torlus.com/index.php?2007/01/31/198-hector-hrx-in-a-fpga
> >>
> >> Someday, I will set up a dedicated page for all these projects :)
> > 
> > Great! This subject really needs a whole wiki to itself rather than
> > just a page at a hard to remember address. This is on my "to do"
list,
> > but it will be a while before I get to it.
> > 
> > -- Jecel
> 
> "I have discovered a truly wonderful proof of this, but the margin
>   is too narrow to hold it."     -- Pierre de Fermat

If only someone had provided him with some butter.

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Þann 05/02/2010 18:19, Eric Chomko skrifaði:
> Has anyone created a copy machine of an old system using an FPGA? I
> was wondering if it would be possible to take an entire SWTPC 6800 and
> compile the schematics and have it run on an FPGA board.? Wouldn't
> even have to be the latest Xylinx product, I suspect.

There are loads of such projects out there, even a commercial one called 
C-One "the reconfigurable computer", here:
http://www.c64upgra.de/c-one/

Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
> Eric Chomko wrote:
>> Has anyone created a copy machine of an old system using an FPGA? I
> Yes, pdp8 :-)
> 
> But no front panel yet. Just a CPU with BRAM memory and teletype. Passed 
> the CPU maindecs.
> 
<grin>  What do you use for papertapes?  We used to make a "tray"
[don't remember what we called them] of papertapes which would get
shipped with the PDP-8s.  They may have been diags, or bootstrap,
or something...I can't remember what was written on the labels
right now.


/BAH

On Feb 10, 2:55=A0am, Olafur Gunnlaugsson
<o...@audiotools.com> wrote:
> =DEann 05/02/2010 18:19, Eric Chomko skrifa=F0i:
>
> > Has anyone created a copy machine of an old system using an FPGA? I
> > was wondering if it would be possible to take an entire SWTPC 6800 and
> > compile the schematics and have it run on an FPGA board.? Wouldn't
> > even have to be the latest Xylinx product, I suspect.
>
> There are loads of such projects out there, even a commercial one called
> C-One "the reconfigurable computer", here:http://www.c64upgra.de/c-one/

It is a great effort but last time I checked it was a bit pricey ~$300
for a basic system.

Just my opinion but some of the other ways of doing it will be more
successful if volume is the sole criteria. For instance all those
MP3/4 type players seem to use some variation of Rockchip or Sunplus
'System on a Chip.' In the Sunplus case it has ~160 mHz ARM processor
as the core. Currently they only emulate NES or GB, type of old system
but they certainly have the processing power and enough I/O sans
keyboard to do most 8 bit and 16 bit computers. Build quality is a
problem of course but you can pick a 4 gig system with LCD screen for
about $50.

Rick

Walter Bushell wrote:
> In article <hksqmd$arq$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
>  Charles Richmond <f...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>> Jecel wrote:
>>> On Feb 8, 7:05 am, Gregory Estrade wrote:
>>>> You can add those too :
>>>> http://torlus.com/index.php?2007/12/05/208-oric-in-a-fpga-continued
>>>> http://torlus.com/index.php?2007/03/19/200-thomson-mo5-in-a-fpga
>>>> http://torlus.com/index.php?2007/01/31/198-hector-hrx-in-a-fpga
>>>>
>>>> Someday, I will set up a dedicated page for all these projects :)
>>> Great! This subject really needs a whole wiki to itself rather than
>>> just a page at a hard to remember address. This is on my "to do"
list,
>>> but it will be a while before I get to it.
>>>
>>> -- Jecel
>> "I have discovered a truly wonderful proof of this, but the margin
>>   is too narrow to hold it."     -- Pierre de Fermat
> 
> If only someone had provided him with some butter.
> 

Par-Kay???

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On 2010-02-09, Charles Richmond
<f...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
> Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>> In article <1...@snowball.wb.pfeifferfamily.net>,
>> p...@cs.nmsu.edu (Joe Pfeiffer) writes:
>> 
>>> Al Kossow <a...@bitsavers.org> writes:
>>>
>>>> Reviving early computing dinosaurs from the surviving DNA is
>>>> difficult.
>>> That's a line that deserves to be put above the entrance to a
>>> computer museum.
>> 
>> "It's a Unix system!  I know this!"  -- Jurassic Park
>> 
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFUlAQZB9Ng

Another terrible moment in a deeply terrible movie.

I wanted the dinosaurs to kill them all. And quickly.


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Þann 10/02/2010 19:06, Rick skrifaði:
> On Feb 10, 2:55 am, Olafur Gunnlaugsson<o...@audiotools.com>  wrote:
>> Þann 05/02/2010 18:19, Eric Chomko skrifaði:
>>
>>> Has anyone created a copy machine of an old system using an FPGA? I
>>> was wondering if it would be possible to take an entire SWTPC 6800 and
>>> compile the schematics and have it run on an FPGA board.? Wouldn't
>>> even have to be the latest Xylinx product, I suspect.
>>
>> There are loads of such projects out there, even a commercial one called
>> C-One "the reconfigurable computer",
here:http://www.c64upgra.de/c-one/
>
> It is a great effort but last time I checked it was a bit pricey ~$300
> for a basic system.
>
> Just my opinion but some of the other ways of doing it will be more
> successful if volume is the sole criteria. For instance all those
> MP3/4 type players seem to use some variation of Rockchip or Sunplus
> 'System on a Chip.' In the Sunplus case it has ~160 mHz ARM processor
> as the core. Currently they only emulate NES or GB, type of old system
> but they certainly have the processing power and enough I/O sans
> keyboard to do most 8 bit and 16 bit computers. Build quality is a
> problem of course but you can pick a 4 gig system with LCD screen for
> about $50.
>
> Rick

But the neat thing about the C-One is that it has support for what, 10 
systems in total and at the least 4 of them really good.

There is also some support for connecting to older hardware and more on 
the way I gather, but frankly it is more of a hobbyist unit than what 
you are describing

Rick wrote:
> On Feb 10, 2:55 am, Olafur Gunnlaugsson <o...@audiotools.com> wrote:
>> Þann 05/02/2010 18:19, Eric Chomko skrifaði:
>>
>>> Has anyone created a copy machine of an old system using an FPGA? I
>>> was wondering if it would be possible to take an entire SWTPC 6800 and
>>> compile the schematics and have it run on an FPGA board.? Wouldn't
>>> even have to be the latest Xylinx product, I suspect.
>> There are loads of such projects out there, even a commercial one called
>> C-One "the reconfigurable computer",
here:http://www.c64upgra.de/c-one/
> 
> It is a great effort but last time I checked it was a bit pricey ~$300
> for a basic system.
> 
Just out of curiosity, how old are you?  Giving the decade is OK.
A game system is that price so I'm wondering if "kids" think $300
is too much.

/BAH