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This is very cool. Is it possible to find a remake of an m68k architecture machine to run at home?

by hestefisk 5y ago

randombits0 5y ago
MiSTer Project does 68000 on an NE10 FPGA.
- rbanffy 5y ago
  Can it do a 68030? Probably yes, but I don't have one.
lproven 5y ago
If you mean to build yourself, yes, there are several. A few examples... https://rosco-m68k.com/ https://rosco-m68k.com/ https://github.com/74hc595/68k-nano https://github.com/74hc595/68k-nano https://shop.mcjohn.it/en/diy-kit/46-68k-mbc.html https://shop.mcjohn.it/en/diy-kit/46-68k-mbc.html https://www.kswichit.com/68k/68k.html https://www.kswichit.com/68k/68k.html This one is a one-off but for me it is one of the most impressive: https://www.ist-schlau.de/ https://www.ist-schlau.de/ It runs EmuTOS and 68K Enhanced BASIC.
windenntw 5y ago
This one is ready made: http://www.apollo-core.com/v4.html http://www.apollo-core.com/v4.html
- johnklos 5y ago
  But not suitable for anything Unix or Unix related, because it has no MMU (and likely won't ever have an MMU).
cmrdporcupine 5y ago
The Firebee (http://firebee.org/ http://firebee.org/) is ColdFire based, and ColdFire is pretty much m68k cleaned up for the new millennium and pretty much backwards compatible (some opcodes are different but can be translated in software, or things can be re-assembled without huge modifications.) I'm not sure of the state of the Linux port for it, but it runs Atari TOS and EmuTOS (a GPL rewrite) and the FreeMiNT extensions which turn TOS into a multitasking POSIX compliant system that runs most GNU-type utilities.
nynyny7 5y ago
If your question was for a machine to run Atari System V Unix on, though, I'm afraid the answer is: an Atari TT. None of the m68k machines (or FPGA emulations thereof) mentioned in the other comments will run it. Perhaps (but I didn't test) Atari System V Unix would run under the Hatari emulator.

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This is very cool. Is it possible to find a remake of an m68k architecture machine to run at home?

by hestefisk 5y ago

This is very cool. Is it possible to find a remake of an m68k architecture machine to run at home?

randombits0 5y ago
MiSTer Project does 68000 on an NE10 FPGA.
- rbanffy 5y ago
  Can it do a 68030? Probably yes, but I don't have one.
lproven 5y ago
If you mean to build yourself, yes, there are several. A few examples... https://rosco-m68k.com/ https://rosco-m68k.com/ https://github.com/74hc595/68k-nano https://github.com/74hc595/68k-nano https://shop.mcjohn.it/en/diy-kit/46-68k-mbc.html https://shop.mcjohn.it/en/diy-kit/46-68k-mbc.html https://www.kswichit.com/68k/68k.html https://www.kswichit.com/68k/68k.html This one is a one-off but for me it is one of the most impressive: https://www.ist-schlau.de/ https://www.ist-schlau.de/ It runs EmuTOS and 68K Enhanced BASIC.
windenntw 5y ago
This one is ready made: http://www.apollo-core.com/v4.html http://www.apollo-core.com/v4.html
- johnklos 5y ago
  But not suitable for anything Unix or Unix related, because it has no MMU (and likely won't ever have an MMU).
cmrdporcupine 5y ago
The Firebee (http://firebee.org/ http://firebee.org/) is ColdFire based, and ColdFire is pretty much m68k cleaned up for the new millennium and pretty much backwards compatible (some opcodes are different but can be translated in software, or things can be re-assembled without huge modifications.) I'm not sure of the state of the Linux port for it, but it runs Atari TOS and EmuTOS (a GPL rewrite) and the FreeMiNT extensions which turn TOS into a multitasking POSIX compliant system that runs most GNU-type utilities.
nynyny7 5y ago
If your question was for a machine to run Atari System V Unix on, though, I'm afraid the answer is: an Atari TT. None of the m68k machines (or FPGA emulations thereof) mentioned in the other comments will run it. Perhaps (but I didn't test) Atari System V Unix would run under the Hatari emulator.