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Re:Why I’m writing a Windows 3 Emulator
on Monday October 24, 2016 @08:34AM (#12778217)
Are you sure about that - I didn't think Wine had a 16-bit emulation so how does it work?
Re:An FPGA implementation of a Microbee
on Monday July 16, 2012 @08:14PM (#4253414)
Nice. For me it was my grandfather. I clearly remember taking the train trip with him over to Waitara to pick up our Microbee.
Re:An FPGA implementation of a Microbee
on Monday July 16, 2012 @08:12PM (#4253412)
Read -> Experiment -> Fail.
Repeat until Read -> Experiment -> Success.
They say experience is what you get when the unexpected happens... so I guess it's the Fail step that's important.
Re:An FPGA implementation of a Microbee
on Monday July 16, 2012 @05:23AM (#4249935)
For anyone feel nostalgic about Microbee, check out:
1. The brand new Microbee Premium Plus Kit (sold out but very cool) http://www.microbeetechnology.com.au/premiumpluskit.htm and 2. The Microbee Software Preservation Project (MSPP) http://www.microbee-mspp.org.au/
Re:An FPGA implementation of a Microbee
on Monday July 16, 2012 @05:09AM (#4249908)
Not at the moment, I want to finish off/clean up a few things first. Yes, there was a Swedish version of the Microbee and they were popular with schools here in Australia so I'm not surprised to hear you had them in Swedish schools too.
Re:An FPGA implementation of a Microbee
on Monday July 16, 2012 @03:26AM (#4249720)
I couldn't agree more.
As a software developer I've always had a vague understanding of how computer hardware works, but after building fpgabee I have much deeper understanding. eg 1: I always knew what a VGA controller did, but had know idea how. Now that I've actually built one (albeit in code) it's pretty clear to me now. eg 2: I never really understood why hardware can't be just clocked to higher and higher frequencies... but now I totally get it.
Re:An FPGA implementation of a Microbee
on Monday July 16, 2012 @12:45AM (#4249347)
Thanks!
Re:An FPGA implementation of a Microbee
on Monday July 16, 2012 @12:26AM (#4249305)
Not at the moment, but I'll probably add it at some point.
Re:An FPGA implementation of a Microbee
on Monday July 16, 2012 @12:25AM (#4249301)
Interesting idea! Though as I understand it, the limiting factor atm would be that FPGA cores are considerably slower than real silicon. So even if you had a huge FPGA, loading an identical circuit to a modern processor would not be anywhere near as fast.