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by toptensoftware 10y ago
Are you sure about that - I didn't think Wine had a 16-bit emulation so how does it work?
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Building FPGABee Part 1 - CPU Environment(toptensoftware.com)
2 points by toptensoftware 14y ago|0 comments
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by toptensoftware 14y ago
Nice. For me it was my grandfather. I clearly remember taking the train trip with him over to Waitara to pick up our Microbee.
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by toptensoftware 14y ago
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.
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by toptensoftware 14y ago
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) h
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by toptensoftware 14y ago
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.
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by toptensoftware 14y ago
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 i
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by toptensoftware 14y ago
Thanks!
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by toptensoftware 14y ago
Not at the moment, but I'll probably add it at some point.
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by toptensoftware 14y ago
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 anywhe
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Building my Own [something] to JavaScript Compiler(toptensoftware.com)
1 points by toptensoftware 15y ago|0 comments