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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: OlafS3 on February 25, 2014, 04:25:29 PM

Title: Interesting 68k hardware project
Post by: OlafS3 on February 25, 2014, 04:25:29 PM

http://hackaday.com/2014/02/20/hackaday-68k-a-new-hackaday-project/

we are not the only "crazies" :-)

Title: Re: Interesting 68k hardware project
Post by: nicholas on February 25, 2014, 04:46:11 PM

So shall we propose a bounty for Toni and Jason to port AROS to it?

Title: Re: Interesting 68k hardware project
Post by: Iggy on February 25, 2014, 04:46:51 PM

Quote from: OlafS3;759714

http://hackaday.com/2014/02/20/hackaday-68k-a-new-hackaday-project/

we are not the only "crazies" :-)

Funny you should point to that as I'm working on something similar with a V9958 or V9990 VDP.

Title: Re: Interesting 68k hardware project
Post by: OlafS3 on February 25, 2014, 04:52:10 PM

Quote from: Iggy;759716

Funny you should point to that as I'm working on something similar with a V9958 or V9990 VDP.

I had to google V9958 because never heard of it. And what is the goal of your project? Just doing it for fun or something usable?

Title: Re: Interesting 68k hardware project
Post by: OlafS3 on February 25, 2014, 04:53:15 PM

Quote from: nicholas;759715

So shall we propose a bounty for Toni and Jason to port AROS to it?

if there will be FPGA reimplementations of the amiga hopefully somewhen in future such a bounty propably makes more sense.

Title: Re: Interesting 68k hardware project
Post by: Iggy on February 25, 2014, 06:10:41 PM

Quote from: OlafS3;759717

I had to google V9958 because never heard of it. And what is the goal of your project? Just doing it for fun or something usable?

Yes, I exchanged a few messages with the designer of the KIWI (who lives in Germany) and asked if it was OK to use parts of his design, but I wanted to move from the 68008 he used to a 68HC000.
I just want something to run Microware's OS-9 operating system that I can add a GUI to.

Title: Re: Interesting 68k hardware project
Post by: danbeaver on February 27, 2014, 02:07:17 PM

You know, the magazine, "Radio and Electronics" had a 68K project in the early 1990's spread over several issues that built a fairly impressive (but lacking cool AV) system with its own OS.  The part were standard for, the time, and inexpensive.  I'm afraid I sold all my old magazine copies on jBay, leaving me a millionaire.:'(

Title: Re: Interesting 68k hardware project
Post by: Iggy on February 27, 2014, 02:37:56 PM

Quote from: danbeaver;759834

You know, the magazine, "Radio and Electronics" had a 68K project in the early 1990's spread over several issues that built a fairly impressive (but lacking cool AV) system with its own OS.  The part were standard for, the time, and inexpensive.  I'm afraid I sold all my old magazine copies on jBay, leaving me a millionaire.:'(

Right now, much of my work is cribbed from the Kiwi computer.

Title: Re: Interesting 68k hardware project
Post by: danbeaver on February 27, 2014, 03:07:41 PM

Found it; it was called the PT-68K by Peter Stark, in October 1987 of Radio-Electronics.  It ran SK*DOS, was programmed in Basic and cost about $470.

Title: Re: Interesting 68k hardware project
Post by: nicholas on February 27, 2014, 03:13:34 PM

Nerdgasm! :D

http://rodolphe.czuba.free.fr/Phenix/overview.htm

Title: Re: Interesting 68k hardware project
Post by: Iggy on February 27, 2014, 04:06:04 PM

Quote from: danbeaver;759837

Found it; it was called the PT-68K by Peter Stark, in October 1987 of Radio-Electronics.  It ran SK*DOS, was programmed in Basic and cost about $470.

Ha, Ha, Ha!
Um, that is what 68K based OS-9 computer systems were based on at Delmar Company - PT68K2 and PT68K5 computer boards assembled by Peripheral Technologies of Marietta Georgia.
We wrote the VGA video drivers for that system and had a GUI ported to it.

You don't want to try to build one, but if you're serious I can still get a bare board.

It has ISA XT expansion slots.