If you were to build a computer based on the s100 bus, you could change processors by changing a board, also you could develop the system one board at a time, you might be able to buy used boards cheaply or buy new boards.
I probably could but the S-100 bus would most likely end up being the bottle neck in my design then....
Good grief, if you do electronics for a living, why not design your own CPU architecture and implement it in an FPGA (or random logic if you're a masochist).
Or recreate one of the classics; how about CDC 6600 or IBM 7090?
As my alias implies i am good at making code look like a mess.
Besides if i would do such a thing i would end up with a 68K compatible and drop some of it's instructions most likely.
I'm currently building a Zeta-SBC Z80 single board computer so I can reccomend that unless you want to make your own pcb. As someone mentioned, the N8VEM site has several boards that use your cpus.
Now what is the fun in buying a PCB board, or using someone else's design?
It's easier and it is good reference, but each design is based on requirement/choices and mine do not need to be the same.
I am contemplating building a hobby computer from spare parts i have lingering around.
So what other parts do you have laying around ? If you're going 68K, do you have the FPU, MMU, and some of the other various bits and bobs ? Is this a breadboard project, or will you be designing a PCB for it ?
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MC68882FN33, but more importantly I have a PRM for that family of processors, the User's manual and the family reference manual.
Knowledge is more important then anything, and besides that I know my way around the 74Logic family.
