4 Mar
2005
4 Mar
'05
4:01 p.m.
I still think, a PC with simh and a PCI to Qbus adapter to allow the use
of Qbus peripherals that is more at hobbyist cost levels is a far better
solution, I wish the companies current selling those $2,500-$3,000 cards
would reduce their costs to more in line with a $500 range, I 'm sure a
lot of us would buy cards and they'd make it up in quantity of sales.
Curt
Paul Koning wrote:
>>>>"9000" == 9000 VAX <vax9000 at gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>
9000> There are many "soft CPUs" around. I wonder how hard it is to
9000> create a soft VAX CPU core that can be load into an FPGA. Other
9000> than to design from scratch, I think it might be easier if we
9000> grab the VAX-11/780, 750, or 730 schematics, and throw them
9000> into an FPGA compiler. The 780 was implemented with TTL, the
9000> 750 with gate array, and 730 with AMD 2901. I think the 730
9000> scheme might be the easiest to implement with an FPGA.
You'd also need the microcode. The schematics will only give you the
micro-engine. The microcode is what turns that into a VAX.
I suppose you could do a VAX in hardwired logic, but that would be
HARD given the instruction set. A bit easier if you use the minimum
subset, I suppose.
paul