FW: 68K ISA project

Ben bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
Mon Jul 19 21:58:22 CDT 2010


Andrew Lynch wrote:

> I've found a good circuit with a complete schematic and description.  It has
> some firmware and appears complete.  Also it is public domain hardware and
> free (speech -- GPL) software so it is an ideal home brew project.  It makes
> sense to me to do a little research and select an established home brew 68K
> project and use it as a base to extend to the ISA board rather than reinvent
> the circuit entirely.
>
> Thanks and have a nice day!

But would it be useable? I can see a home brew 68K running OS/9 (microware)
software as fast multi-tasking system. The problem is all the 68K 
systems I can think of, was basic in ROM or some sort of graphics 
computer like the Mac. ( Classic Mac with 128KB of memory ).

> Andrew Lynch
>
Ben.




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