Oberon and the OberonStation (retro-style FPGA computing)

[Kurt K]

They show sold out for the kits.  Didn't see a link to ask if they'll ever get more in stock.  


> On Nov 24, 2015, at 1:46 AM, Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> In answer to Kurts question - the link with boards to purchase is here:
> http://oberonstation.x10.mx/
> 
>> On 24 November 2015 at 07:45, Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for letting us know about this William - I'm sure there is still
>> plenty of interest in Oberon, Modula-2, Modula-3 and other derivatives.
>> 
>>> On 24 November 2015 at 04:26, Kurt K <kurtk7 at visi.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Where did you order the Oberon Station.  I didn't see a link off the
>>> project page.
>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 23, 2015, at 8:28 PM, William Maddox <wmaddox at pacbell.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The revived 2013 re-issue of Niklaus Wirth's Oberon system is a joy to
>>> behold.  If you've never heard of Oberon before, it is a minimalistic
>>> education-oriented language and operating system designed after Wirth had
>>> taken a (second) sabattical at PARC in the 80's.
>>>> 
>>>> The new version runs on a custom RISC processor, implemented in an
>>> FPGA, instead of the NS3032 in the orginal Ceres workstations.
>>> Originally, it required a Digilent "Spartan 3 Starter Kit" with a
>>> custom-built daughterboard providing a few additional connectors.  This
>>> board is no longer made, however, and no other FPGA development board
>>> appears to provide the 32-bit wide fast SRAM the Oberon CPU required.
>>>> Recently, a new board, the OberonStation,  has come onto the market
>>> that was designed specifically for Oberon, and will boot up Oberon 2013 out
>>> of the box.   It also looks like an excellent platform for other
>>> retro-style FPGA CPU designs that want to stay away from complex SDRAM
>>> controllers and the caches they like to feed.
>>>> 
>>>> My OberonStation arrived a couple of days ago, and it's really amazing
>>> to see what can be done with a hardware and software stack that is small
>>> enough to actually read and understand.
>>>> https://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/wirth/
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.projectoberon.com/
>>>> 
>>>> OberonStation - The Oberon computing platform
>>>> --Bill
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