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I wonder if an Arduino could fill the role of the PDP-11. I know it doesn't come with any kind of interface, but I wonder if it's open source enough for them. T
by trebor 13y ago
I wonder if an Arduino could fill the role of the PDP-11. I know it doesn't come with any kind of interface, but I wonder if it's open source enough for them. That, plus the $30 price tag to swap in/out to replace a dead unit would be a benefit.
- Sanddancer 13y agoNope. The architectures are just way too different for it to even be feasible. The Atmega line is missing too many features this would need, like memory-mapped IO to be even vaguely feasible as a replacement. You might be able to wedge a low-end ARM microcontroller in there, but it would very much be wedging, and you'd run into way more problems than it's worth.