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> E.g. we can build a board around a MC68000 where we make it lock up forever in a bus cycle, waiting for a DTACK that doesn't arrive. IIRC, early 68k Macs had
by nxobject 2mo ago
> E.g. we can build a board around a MC68000 where we make it lock up forever in a bus cycle, waiting for a DTACK that doesn't arrive.
IIRC, early 68k Macs had processor upgrades hooked onto the 68k bus and did exactly this - an early boot driver run by the “actual” CPU coordinated handoff with the expansion CPU’s bootstrap ROM.