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| | [AI summary] This article details the design and operation of a vintage 8-bit computer concept, the PB/80, created in 1980 using TTL logic and micro-coding, along with its documentation and historical context.
| | satharus.me
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| | In the last two posts, we covered quite a bit of the von Neumann architecture and how The 4043 breadboard computer maps to it. This is the third post in a 3-...
| | domipheus.com
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| | This is part of a series of posts detailing the steps and learning undertaken to design and implement a CPU in VHDL. Previous parts are available here, and I'd recommend they are read before continuing! ISE WebPACK Design Software I'm using the Xilinx ISE WebPack suite of tools for this project. It's available here for Windows and Linux, for free. Once installed and set up, you can run the project navigator and create a new project. I'll go through some basic steps here, just for clarity - however this s...
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| Emulators So... what is an emulator? Let's say you want to play an old game from the MS-DOS era. You have the DUKE3D.EXE file, you launch it and ...nothing happens. But why? Old systems had a different architecture from your PC. Loosely speaking, your PC doesn't recognize the program and refuses to execute it. You