11 Nov
2000
11 Nov
'00
10:41 a.m.
Tony Duell skrev:
> BTW, I am fresh to this list (joined this night),
so I hope I'm not expla=
> ining
> something obvious now.
Welcome to the list !
Oh, I think i'll feel right at home here. ^_^
> I personally collect everything between eight and
thirty-two bits, save f=
> or
> standard PCs (I have a faiblesse for MCA machines though), and my flat is
> filled with eight-biut micros, DEC workstations, STs, Amigas, Macs and PS=
I think most of us have the same problem. I prefer
minicomputers with
CPUs built from lots of simple TTL chips (just the thing to attack with a
logic analyser), so I've got 19" racks everywhere...
Why limit yourself to 8-32 bits, though? What's
wrong with 4 bit
machines, 64 bit machines, etc :-). I have a few of the former (mostly as
embedded systems in measuring instruments). Can't hink of anything I've
got wit a wider-than-32 bit data path, but I certainly wouldn't refuse
such a machine...
I really can't say that I have encountered any such machines. Would a PC-500
(standard chipset) Pong console be of such a design, or perhaps even simpler?
I don't think I could form any relationship to a 4-bitter, either. I wouldn't
mind a 64-bitter for NetBSD purposes, though. 26-bitters are also on my wish
list. =)
In case you're fond of odd minis, why not a 36-bitter? Have a look at
http://www.36bit.org/.
> /2s.
> Just today I acquired another Mac (SE, though the front claims SE/30) and=
> the
> remains of an industrial VME-based computer. Are there any VME boffs arou=
> nd
> here?
I wouldn't call myself an expert, but I've got
a few VME bits around
here, mostly expansion cards on Torch machines (XXX, QuadX).
I had to throw away my mystery 68020 VME based network thingamajiggy when I
moved, but these systems, despite being built with an open bus, are about as
closed as you can get. =(
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