The RC2014 Retro Computer

#1

Post by jamesbowman » Sat, Jun 18, 2016, 11:29 PM UTC

The RC2014 Retro Computer
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Re: The RC2014 Retro Computer

#2

Post by gravypod » Sun, Jun 19, 2016, 12:39 AM UTC

I would love if I could set up one of these, a minimalist unix os, and a nice CRT.

Re: The RC2014 Retro Computer

#3

Post by pkaye » Sun, Jun 19, 2016, 12:48 AM UTC

gravypod wrote: post #2

I would love if I could set up one of these, a minimalist unix os, and a nice CRT.

It would be an 8-bit processor with no virtual memory. Why not a Raspberry Pi or something more powerful?

Re: The RC2014 Retro Computer

#4

Post by gravypod » Sun, Jun 19, 2016, 12:58 AM UTC

pkaye wrote: post #3

gravypod wrote: post #2

I would love if I could set up one of these, a minimalist unix os, and a nice CRT.

It would be an 8-bit processor with no virtual memory. Why not a Raspberry Pi or something more powerful?

I'd love to be able to have the experience of writing all of the code for myself.

Just a C compiler and a text editor and needing to build a world around me.

Would be fun.

Re: The RC2014 Retro Computer

#5

Post by jhallenworld » Sun, Jun 19, 2016, 1:03 AM UTC

The P112 kit seems better...

http://661.org/p112

It's a nice cp/m kit and can also run a version of UNIX http://p112.sourceforge.net/uzidoc.html

Re: The RC2014 Retro Computer

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Post by tluyben2 » Sun, Jun 19, 2016, 1:04 AM UTC

gravypod wrote: post #2

I would love if I could set up one of these, a minimalist unix os, and a nice CRT.

For this particular cpu, a good read is [0].

[0] https://github.com/marioaugustorama/uzix-kernel/blob/master/...

Re: The RC2014 Retro Computer

#7

Post by tluyben2 » Sun, Jun 19, 2016, 1:08 AM UTC

gravypod wrote: post #4

pkaye wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would be an 8-bit processor with no virtual memory. Why not a Raspberry Pi or something more powerful?

I'd love to be able to have the experience of writing all of the code for myself. Just a C compiler and a text editor and needing to build a world around me. Would be fun.

It is fun: but I like this kind Bonzai tree thing which is not pactical but a relaxing but challenging experience. And it feel really nice to actually really understand everything for a change.

Re: The RC2014 Retro Computer

#8

Post by awt » Sun, Jun 19, 2016, 1:11 AM UTC

I'm working on something similar. I just got the display working: http://www.exusiae.com/blog/thortron.html

Re: The RC2014 Retro Computer

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Post by coderjames » Sun, Jun 19, 2016, 1:34 AM UTC

My home-brew 68K machine just recently reached the same level of completeness except for the particular BASIC implementation (Tiny vs. Microsoft). Guess I should get it written up as a blog post or three.

Re: The RC2014 Retro Computer

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jun 19, 2016, 1:41 AM UTC

tluyben2 wrote: post #7

gravypod wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd love to be able to have the experience of writing all of the code for myself. Just a C compiler and a text editor and needing to build a world around me. Would be fun.

It is fun: but I like this kind Bonzai tree thing which is not pactical but a relaxing but challenging experience. And it feel really nice to actually really understand everything for a change.

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