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Re: FPGA Based IBM-PC-XT

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Post by Damogran6 » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 6:55 PM UTC

Natsu wrote: post #33

tverbeure wrote: post #21

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I was about the comment the same. It adds a lot of authenticity to the whole game loading process!

I actually still have an original 8088 sitting in a closet. I need to figure out something to do with it some day.

Pull the CMOS battery. Recap before you put power to it...make sure the power supply is healthy. Do those things and it'll run 40 years from now.

Re: FPGA Based IBM-PC-XT

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Post by qingcharles » Tue, Nov 18, 2025, 12:25 AM UTC

bit-hack wrote: post #25

snvzz wrote: post #7

Looks nice, but there's no license. Can't do a thing with this.

Thats an oversight on my part, I should put a license on it. I would love for anyone to be able to build one or tinker with the code as they want to. After all I was only able to make this because others shared their projects that I could learn from.

Thank you so much for this. The sheer amount of work, skills and knowledge you put into getting this to boot and operate is fantastic. And I think everyone here agrees that you did this in the best way: by using a real CPU. Really appreciate you sharing this with us.

Re: FPGA Based IBM-PC-XT

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Post by snvzz » Tue, Nov 18, 2025, 2:41 AM UTC

bit-hack wrote: post #38

Brian_K_White wrote: post #35

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I would suggest CC-BY-SA You can do this by doing as little as making a single file named LICENSE in the top level directory, with a single line: This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 That's it. It is the hardware/artwork spritual equivalent of GPL2. It means the user must not remove your name, must make source/plans available, a…

Thanks for the suggestion, I've added this license to the project.

This license is, AIUI, OSH compliant.

Awesome. Thank you for releasing your work as open hardware.

Re: FPGA Based IBM-PC-XT

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Post by mrlonglong » Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 10:00 PM UTC

I've a NEC V30 sitting somewhere on a bookshelf, and I was thinking of building an emulated chipset around it to emulate an Amstrad PC1512/PC1640, but with HDMI output. Or maybe DisplayPort since that's not encumbered with patents or royalties. I have an Amstrad PC1640 working perfectly in PCem on Linux. But it'd be more satisfying to actually build something that would make use of the NEC V30.