18 Jun
2012
18 Jun
'12
9:59 p.m.
On 06/18/2012 04:20 PM, Chris Tofu wrote:
I found this design a few years ago and liked it, but
haven't built
one yet:
http://www.kmitl.ac.th/~kswichit/68k/68k.html
C: I like it Dave. I genuinely do. I may be unorthodox in my
approaches to things. It's not that I don't like sbc's, love them in
fact (God how I'd love to either research or just get to look at
someone else's research regarding the myriads of 80186 sbc's that
were created in the 80s). But as far as learning computers, I don't
necessarily see the benefit of a sbc (much less an sdk w/a keypad),
as opposed to an established system.
That all depends on what you want to learn. If you want to learn how
computers actually *work*, which (IMNSHO) is a requirement for being
able to program worth a damn, this is a good route...as long as it's not
just treated like an appliance.
An "established system" (by which I think you mean "a commercial
packaged/closed system") just plain denies a person that option, unless
you go dig up the schematics for it.
And in that case, say for an Atari or an Amiga, there are so many
complex custom chips in there, a beginner isn't going to get much of an
education out of it.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA