Resurrecting the 8088 Micoprocessor • Hacker News Board

Re: Resurrecting the 8088 Micoprocessor

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Post by tyrick » Wed, Dec 24, 2014, 3:13 PM UTC

rasz_pl wrote: post #19

Author went for USB oscilloscope. Do not follow his recommendation if you like good quality usable tools. Sainsmart dds120: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/sainsmart-dds120-usb-o... "scope is advertised as 50Ms/s while the ADC runs at 40MHz" 40MHz sampling means its usable for signals up to ~10MHz. Its ok'ish for arduino level of tinkering. If you like this type of old school hardcore hardware hacking check tho…

I edited the post to add "I would not recommend buying this if you can afford otherwise." Thanks.

Re: Resurrecting the 8088 Micoprocessor

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Post by tyrick » Wed, Dec 24, 2014, 3:20 PM UTC

jpmattia wrote: post #9

The other news in this article: Jameco is still in business?! Wow. They used to supply geeks throughout the US with their mail order biz; For me, it was late 70s/early 80s.

Jameco is very much alive! However, My bank recently called to verify some purchases with them. They claimed that my regular transactions with such a company were flagged as suspicious. I suppose the everyday household is not impulse buying this stuff as I do.

Re: Resurrecting the 8088 Micoprocessor

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Post by Atommota » Thu, Dec 25, 2014, 1:55 AM UTC

mindcrime wrote: post #17

This is awesome. I've been wanting to get into 8-bit computing and do a "ground up" build of something using an 8088, Z80, or something of that ilk for a while. Since we're on the subject... can anybody recommend any good books / websites / magazine articles / etc., that cover this kind of ground? That is, starting from a raw chip (a simple one, like one of these old 8 bit ones, not a 80386 or something) and building…

http://www.amazon.com/8088-Project-Book-Robert-Grossblatt/dp...

Re: Resurrecting the 8088 Micoprocessor

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Post by jhallenworld » Thu, Dec 25, 2014, 8:06 AM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #15

jhallenworld wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

32-bit ARM Cortex-M0+ CPUs are available in DIPs: 28-pin: http://www.nxp.com/products/microcontrollers/cortex_m0_m0/lp... 4-pin!: http://www.nxp.com/products/microcontrollers/cortex_m0_m0/lp...

4? I think you meant 8!

Oops, yes. I've been considering an lpc812 16-pin device for a project but it would need a bunch of '595s for extra output bits. Instead I'm using a 64-pin stm32f030.. the overall price is the same, but the stm32f030 has more flash and RAM. Even so, NXPs development system seems more coherent (even though I'm not an eclipse fan).