1 Nov
2012
1 Nov
'12
8:52 a.m.
On Nov 1, 2012, at 11:21 AM, Schindler Patrik wrote:
If I had time and knowledge of this digital stuff,
I'd start a project for a replacement board for the SE/30 with modern components,
being fully compatible to the old one.
That would be fun! But 68030s are still quite expensive. A
Coldfire reimagining would be a lot of fun, but unfortunately,
most modern Coldfires use the A-line instructions for the
enhanced MAC unit (multiply-accumulate, not Macintosh), so
there's no A-line trap for the toolbox instructions.
Alternatively, a small FPGA that could reliably emulate a
68030 probably actually costs less than the real thing, so
it wouldn't be impossible. You could use super-cheap SDRAM
then, as well.
- Dave