4 Jul
2021
4 Jul
'21
11:52 a.m.
In case anyone was interested in an FPGA VAX implementation
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003899.html
And/or thoughts on 64bit/FP & multiprocessor enhancements :-p
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003903.html
David
5 Jul
5 Jul
1:48 p.m.
On 7/4/21 1:52 PM, David Brownlee via cctalk wrote:
In case anyone was interested in an FPGA VAX
implementation
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003899.html
And/or thoughts on 64bit/FP & multiprocessor enhancements :-p
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003903.html
WOW,very impressive!
2 p.m.
On 05/07/2021 21:48, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
On 7/4/21 1:52 PM, David Brownlee via cctalk wrote:
Indeed. If only someone could get him a copy of DEC's AXE suite so he
can test it properly. Anyone have that available?
Antonio
--
Antonio Carlini
antonio at acarlini.com
In case anyone was interested in an FPGA VAX
implementation
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003899.html
And/or thoughts on 64bit/FP & multiprocessor enhancements :-p
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003903.html
WOW,very impressive!
5:05 p.m.
On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 2:46 AM David Brownlee via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
In case anyone was interested in an FPGA VAX
implementation
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003899.html
I think this is fantastic, but getting the CPU running is only the
start. I'll be curious what/how storage emulation goes, and
networking. Bonus points for sync serial that can run a DDCMP line to
vintage machines.
-ethan
6:37 p.m.
On Jul 5, 2021, at 5:05 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 2:46 AM David Brownlee via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I found myself wondering what it would take to put this, RAM, network, and a SD Card
?Disk? on a Q-Bus board. :-)
Zane
In case anyone was interested in an FPGA VAX
implementation
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003899.html
I think this is fantastic, but getting the CPU running is only the
start. I'll be curious what/how storage emulation goes, and
networking. Bonus points for sync serial that can run a DDCMP line to
vintage machines.
-ethan
7:48 p.m.
On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 9:37 PM Zane Healy <healyzh at avanthar.com> wrote:
Adding a Qbus to it would certainly offload the work of implementing
storage - just put it on the user to find a Qbus SCSI card or a KDA-50
or a Qbone or whatever and you wouldn't have to worry about OS drivers
or (alternately) mimicking a vintage disk controller.
I would hope it would use its own RAM. No point in forcing anyone to
use vintage RAM.
For convenience, it would be nicer to have some sort non-spinning disk
rather than a $$$ vintage controller.
-ethan
On Jul 5,
2021, at 5:05 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 2:46 AM David Brownlee via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I found myself wondering what it would take to put this, RAM, network, and a SD Card
?Disk? on a Q-Bus board. :-) In case anyone was interested in an FPGA VAX
implementation
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003899.html
I think this is fantastic, but getting the CPU running is only the
start. I'll be curious what/how storage emulation goes, and
networking. Bonus points for sync serial that can run a DDCMP line to
vintage machines. 
10:21 p.m.
On 2021-07-05 7:37 p.m., Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
Two SD card disks. I many not have used a VAX but I still remember using
a single floppy drive to copy files.Why not a real solid state drive?
Real I/O devices with DMA are needed and real media storage for all the
virtual memory swapping that may go on.
Ben.
On Jul 5, 2021, at 5:05 PM, Ethan Dicks via
cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 2:46 AM David Brownlee via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I found myself wondering what it would take to put this, RAM, network, and a SD Card
?Disk? on a Q-Bus board. :-)
Zane
In case anyone was interested in an FPGA VAX
implementation
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003899.html
I think this is fantastic, but getting the CPU running is only the
start. I'll be curious what/how storage emulation goes, and
networking. Bonus points for sync serial that can run a DDCMP line to
vintage machines.
-ethan
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