Inside old games machines, was: Re: Simulated CP/M-68K?

[woodelf]

Dave McGuire wrote:
> On Jun 19, 2007, at 10:48 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>> Every once in a while, a fit overcomes me and I contemplate what it
>> would take to re-implement the KS20 with a stack of 2901s and a pile
>> of fast SRAM.  Fortunately, the madness passes before I can do much
>> more than think about it.
>  *snicker*  Yes that would be fun.  But man...there are quite a few 
>  really big boards in that machine.  That would take some doing!

So how much $$ do you expect parts for such a beast would be?

>   There seem to have been several of those FPGA projects, but they keep 
> dying.  I guess people don't have a clear idea of the level of complexity.

So build a RISC flavor of a 9/18/36/72 bit machine. :)

>   Indeed it would.  I've never booted mine. :-(  Someday I will find a 
> TU45.

Perhaps that would be a better project to emulate.
Spare Time Gizmos makes TU-58 Emulator. You might ask them to
emulate a tape drive too.


>            -Dave
> 
> --Dave McGuire
> Port Charlotte, FL
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