Raspberry Pi: 68k Hardware Emulator

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Post by doener » Sat, Feb 06, 2021, 4:26 PM UTC

Raspberry Pi: 68k Hardware Emulator
github.com

Re: Raspberry Pi: 68k Hardware Emulator

#2

Post by nothing1212 » Sat, Feb 06, 2021, 8:50 PM UTC

can someone ELI5 what this does?

Re: Raspberry Pi: 68k Hardware Emulator

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Post by pmontra » Sat, Feb 06, 2021, 8:56 PM UTC

nothing1212 wrote: post #2

can someone ELI5 what this does?

Check the video at https://mobile.twitter.com/Claude1079/status/132076737285319...

It seems that the PI is plugged into the CPU socket of the Amiga. The software in the repository should be the emulator for the 68k CPU.

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Post by s800 » Sat, Feb 06, 2021, 10:00 PM UTC

So this runs under Linux and not as bare metal? That's pretty impressive!

Re: Raspberry Pi: 68k Hardware Emulator

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Post by FounderBurr » Sat, Feb 06, 2021, 10:04 PM UTC

He says he will be mad if someone sells his “open source” product lol. Someone get him a box of tissues.

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Post by nicetryguy » Sat, Feb 06, 2021, 10:16 PM UTC

What would be the advantage of this as opposed to, say, a Sega Genesis emulator?

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Post by abeyer » Sat, Feb 06, 2021, 10:24 PM UTC

FounderBurr wrote: post #5

He says he will be mad if someone sells his “open source” product lol. Someone get him a box of tissues.

Where does anything imply it's open source? As far as I see, it has no explicit license terms other than the prohibition on commercial use, so it's pretty clearly _not_ open source by any reasonable standard.

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Post by tyingq » Sat, Feb 06, 2021, 10:29 PM UTC

nicetryguy wrote: post #6

What would be the advantage of this as opposed to, say, a Sega Genesis emulator?

It plug replaces a 68k CPU, so it's not in the same category.

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Post by tyingq » Sat, Feb 06, 2021, 10:40 PM UTC

abeyer wrote: post #7

FounderBurr wrote: post #5

He says he will be mad if someone sells his “open source” product lol. Someone get him a box of tissues.

Where does anything imply it's open source? As far as I see, it has no explicit license terms other than the prohibition on commercial use, so it's pretty clearly _not_ open source by any reasonable standard.

He linked it with a GPL IDE disk emulator. That may limit the options.

Edit: Also a fair amount of code from https://github.com/h5n1xp/Omega which is MPL licensed.

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Post by Topgamer7 » Sat, Feb 06, 2021, 10:49 PM UTC

nothing1212 wrote: post #2

can someone ELI5 what this does?

Yeah the readme could certainly do a better job of saying:

    Drop in replacement of a 68000 cpu using a raspberry pi and software emulation.