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Re: Ashet Home Computer

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He's still too young for something like this but I've been searching for something to use when we more properly introduce my son to computers. Using modern components to make something useful that still exposes the electronics side, encourages tinkering and exploration over media consumption, etc and it seems like a project like this could fit the bill nicely!

Re: Ashet Home Computer

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I like that it is using a backplane architecture.

The OS made me wonder how far someone could get trying to create a GUI for the 6502. I suppose the Apple II (GS?) headed there before the Mac fully took the reins and the Apple II was left out to pasture.

Re: Ashet Home Computer

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He's still too young for something like this but I've been searching for something to use when we more properly introduce my son to computers. Using modern components to make something useful that still exposes the electronics side, encourages tinkering and exploration over media consumption, etc and it seems like a project like this could fit the bill nicely!

No doubt you've already looked into Ben Eater's various offerings (?).

Re: Ashet Home Computer

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> an expandable and hackable computer in the spirit of the 80's home computers

cool!

> Dual Core CPU

hm that will make for some interesting first steps in learning

Re: Ashet Home Computer

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He's still too young for something like this but I've been searching for something to use when we more properly introduce my son to computers. Using modern components to make something useful that still exposes the electronics side, encourages tinkering and exploration over media consumption, etc and it seems like a project like this could fit the bill nicely!

https://www.nand2tetris.org/

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post #5

> an expandable and hackable computer in the spirit of the 80's home computers cool! > Dual Core CPU hm that will make for some interesting first steps in learning

Tbh having a seperate io core can simplify scheduling.

Re: Ashet Home Computer

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I like that it is using a backplane architecture. The OS made me wonder how far someone could get trying to create a GUI for the 6502. I suppose the Apple II (GS?) headed there before the Mac fully took the reins and the Apple II was left out to pasture.

https://www.a2desktop.com

http://toastytech.com/guis/a2geos.html

Re: Ashet Home Computer

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He's still too young for something like this but I've been searching for something to use when we more properly introduce my son to computers. Using modern components to make something useful that still exposes the electronics side, encourages tinkering and exploration over media consumption, etc and it seems like a project like this could fit the bill nicely!

Creator here!

That sounds exactly what i had in mind, and i really wanna do the same when my boy is old enough for computers.

It's a teaching tool and a fun toy to tinker with

Re: Ashet Home Computer

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I like that it is using a backplane architecture. The OS made me wonder how far someone could get trying to create a GUI for the 6502. I suppose the Apple II (GS?) headed there before the Mac fully took the reins and the Apple II was left out to pasture.

Well the most well known one is Geos for the C64

https://youtu.be/_4nthOx8sA4?si=AiK9bRxRQwV3MB0f

There's also this Atari homebrew

https://youtu.be/T14dL9MeMHE?si=cGtsZGWILYi4jcql

And yes the IIGS had one

https://youtu.be/YvVFTpukAp0?si=UtvV3N_pKhxU-Tyb

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