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Why not run the processor on the FPGA?
by Dwedit 5y ago
Why not run the processor on the FPGA?
- rasz 5y agoNostalgia, longing for authenticity. Realization a simple mouse port converter adapting USB mice to work in Amiga/Atari ST has more computing power than the computer it is used with is painful to retro enthusiasts.
- zxcvbn4038 5y agoMy first computer used a Motorola 6809 processor, one day I opened a fire panel at work and there were sixteen of those monitoring the sensors and making the lights blink. Looked like they were driving everything with the cpus directly, didn’t see much else besides power, ram/rom, and screw terminals. Sad end for a great little processor.
- tom_ 5y agoSame reason you don't use a modern computer in the first place!
- StillBored 5y agoThats sorta my question too, as evidenced by the graphics, its barely faster than a transwarpGS (which is 30 year old hardware). Sure its a lot cheaper at this point because it seems transwarps are in high demand. OTOH, I'm pretty sure you can get an FPGA to emulate a 65816 significantly faster than 16Mhz, not including the fact that making it OoO/etc might drive the IPC way up.