Does eight bit computing excite you?

[trekiej]

http://www.parallax.com/
The propeller chips are now 7.95 U.S.

http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKPP1

I saw this first at Amigaworld.net.

[ChuckT]

What exactly is wrong with the x86 and x86-64? I downloaded the manuals from intel last year and read through them... these are nice chips!

Where did you download them from?

[nicholas]

8086 sucks. 80386 sucks. 68000 sucks less. z80 sucks even less.

6502/6510 rules.

Anyone with a differing opinion is an arsefez!

[CLS2086]

Most of the credit cards here are equiped with a 6502...

[Speelgoedmannetje]

8086 sucks. 80386 sucks. 68000 sucks less. z80 sucks even less.

6502/6510 rules.

Anyone with a differing opinion is an arsefez!

Eh? and there was me thinking the Z80 to be predecessor/branch of the x86

offtopic: WB Nicholas!

[Fransexy_]

I haven't seen assembly language in 20 years, since most computer chips are multicore nowadays does that make the assembly language more complicated?

http://www.menuetos.net/

an Operating System written entirely in X86 assembly language

[Fransexy_]

lol
I wonder if they thought about using 8 eight bit cores.

Kilocore anyone?

It contains a single PowerPC processing core, and 1024 8-bit cores running at 125 MHz each

[GadgetMaster]

One for the 8 Bit fans:


What do you do when you have some spare time and 8 bits excite you?

You design and  make your own 8 bit CPU of course. :idea:

This is nuts!

[EdFlux]

$50 is still kinda steep, but considering that people are trying to push common 8-Bits on eBay as "rare" and inflating the price, it's not too bad.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/8-bit-computer-now-available-for-all-your-homebrewing-needs?icid=sphere_blogsmith_inpage_engadget

Plus, I don't understand the push for a $100+ laptop for third world countries. In some areas, the concept of computing is so foreign, that it would be like getting grandma an iMac so she can see "the pretty pictures on the photo frame they bought me". There is sooo much good 8-bit software out there that helped to educate my generation. Why not go with a proven platform, like the Apple II series, make it a system on a chip, and send them off with stuff like Math Blasters and Carmen Sandiego?