IBM 360/30 in verilog

[Pete Lancashire]

Time to dust of the 50 panel hidden in the basement.

-pete



On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 1:55 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven
<iamcamiel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Op 12 jul. 2016 10:14 a.m. schreef "Dave Wade" <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com>:
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Curious
>> > Marc
>> > Sent: 12 July 2016 08:58
>> > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>> > <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>> > Subject: Re: IBM 360/30 in verilog
>> >
>> > Darn. My hopes are shattered. Lots of Verilog in my future, that is if
> we
>> can
>> > find 360/50 ALDs...
>> > Marc
>> >
>>
>> It actually might be easier to produce a generic S/360 clone in FPGA using
>> the POP rather than individual ALU's.
>> Having built a very simple CPU (in VHDL not Verilog) and planning to start
>> on a more complex (Ferranti Pegasus)
>> Of course it wouldn't be cycle accurate, but perhaps that wouldn't be
>> important.
>
> Sure, a generic one would be simpler, but the point of doing an accurate
> one of a specific model (65 in my case) is to accurately drive the panel
> that shows the  internal registers and opening of gates.
>