4 May
2010
4 May
'10
9:34 p.m.
It was thus said that the Great Liam Proven once stated:
But if one were to try to design an actual computer that cheap,
something programmable that could maybe even do email and telnet and
really simple TCP/IP-type stuff like that, what would you put in the
box?
I am taking it as more or less a given that it would have to be a VERY
simple 1980s-style 8-bit machine. The easiest way might be to clone
one of the 80s home computers, implement it on a chip with some extra
software, like Jeri Ellsworth's fantastic Commodore 64 Direct-TV
device.
But which 8-bit?
I would prefer the 6809 (which means, Color Computer). The chip is a
dream to program for, and with OS-9 (or a derivative) it would almost be
like Unix on a chip (not quite, but close enough). Give it the graphics of
the Commodore and you might have a winner on your hands.
-spc (Who's first computer was 6809 based ... )