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by DavidL
Sun Oct 19, 2025 1:04 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Disabling the system while flashing
Replies: 43
Views: 4101

Re: Disabling the system while flashing


I'm sure you could make that work if the uC is fast enough.

My current candidate is the STM32H523CE, which can rattle along at 250MHz, has plenty of flash storage to hold the ROM image and enough GPIOs to handle both buses and the control signals with some left over. It’s also small enough that ...
by DavidL
Sat Oct 04, 2025 1:33 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Rockwell R6501Q SBC
Replies: 2
Views: 3065

Re: Rockwell R6501Q SBC

Yeah, it seems like a really neat little chip except for that whack-job packaging!
by DavidL
Sat Sep 27, 2025 7:13 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Rockwell R6501Q SBC
Replies: 2
Views: 3065

Rockwell R6501Q SBC

Stumbled across an R6501Q SBC at https://users.glitchwrks.com/~glitch/20 ... r6501q-sbc and thought you guys would be interested.
by DavidL
Sun Nov 24, 2024 6:23 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: [O.T.] Taking some time off ...
Replies: 20
Views: 2911

Re: [O.T.] Taking some time off ...

Thank you all very much for the kind words. They are a genuine comfort to me. There's a huge hole in my daily life, and I'm not seeking to fill it; I'm just doing kind and generous deeds for friends and neighbors to help ease my sadness and waiting for the edges to soften a bit with time. The ...
by DavidL
Thu Sep 19, 2024 12:02 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: OT: A Generation of Semi-Useless “Workers”
Replies: 77
Views: 19156

Re: OT: A Generation of Semi-Useless “Workers”

Companies created the problem for themselves by viewing people as "resources" (i.e., something to be consumed and discarded) instead of what they truly are: assets. They compounded their stupidity by not handling employee problems on a singular, case-by-case basis instead of blanketing all employees ...
by DavidL
Wed Aug 28, 2024 11:33 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: [O.T.] Taking some time off ...
Replies: 20
Views: 2911

Re: [O.T.] Taking some time off ...

You've always been one of the brightest stars in this constellation, just as I'm sure she was in yours. Prayers for you, friend.
by DavidL
Sat May 04, 2024 1:22 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: The Jofmodore SBC project
Replies: 11
Views: 2090

Re: The Jofmodore SBC project

Nice build! Have you seen these (https://www.st.com/en/memories/m48z35.html)? Great fun if you'd like to have your RAM be persistent.
by DavidL
Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:05 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: OT: Anyone sad the Z80 is no more?
Replies: 11
Views: 2231

Re: OT: Anyone sad the Z80 is no more?

Martin_H wrote:
Does this mean the 6502 has finally won the eight but CPU war?
Hahaha, don't forget the 8051. After the Final Nuclear Armageddon there will be 3 lifeforms that survive: rats, roaches, and the 8051. :lol:
by DavidL
Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:31 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Whats the most human-friendly instruction set?
Replies: 52
Views: 18753

Re: Whats the most human-friendly instruction set?

The branch delay slot was definitely a black eye on MIPS (see also SPARC and some others).

Not at all...it just requires one to pay attention. Just drop a NOP and replace that later if needed.

In my experience (46+ years) the very best instruction set was the (long-forgotten) Motorola MC88000 ...
by DavidL
Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:53 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Where have I been?
Replies: 12
Views: 4230

Re: Where have I been?

I'm just shocked that he went with a PIC18. A '24 is *much* less insane (at the assembly) level the the PIC18.
by DavidL
Fri May 20, 2022 12:56 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Rankin/Wozniak Floating-Point Routines Revisited
Replies: 11
Views: 2167

Re: Rankin/Wozniak Floating-Point Routines Revisited

Wow, can't say I expected this - 10 days on and even the crickets don't care. :(
by DavidL
Mon May 09, 2022 10:56 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Rankin/Wozniak Floating-Point Routines Revisited
Replies: 11
Views: 2167

Re: Rankin/Wozniak Floating-Point Routines Revisited

After completing a project applying the Rankin/Wozniak floating-point routines quite some time ago I finally spent the time to finish polishing, documenting, and blending in the Red Book documentation. Attached is the result.
What kind of file is a .S file?

Oh, that's the assembly file for the ...
by DavidL
Mon May 09, 2022 2:42 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Rankin/Wozniak Floating-Point Routines Revisited
Replies: 11
Views: 2167

Re: Rankin/Wozniak Floating-Point Routines Revisited

After completing a project applying the Rankin/Wozniak floating-point routines quite some time ago I finally spent the time to finish polishing, documenting, and blending in the Red Book documentation. Attached is the result.
What kind of file is a .S file?

Oh, that's the assembly file for the ...
by DavidL
Sun May 08, 2022 7:35 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Rankin/Wozniak Floating-Point Routines Revisited
Replies: 11
Views: 2167

Rankin/Wozniak Floating-Point Routines Revisited

Greetings All,

After completing a project applying the Rankin/Wozniak floating-point routines quite some time ago I finally spent the time to finish polishing, documenting, and blending in the Red Book documentation. Attached is the result. My project used the routines with cc65 so there are ...
by DavidL
Fri Oct 05, 2018 7:29 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Corsham SS-50 65C02 CPU Board
Replies: 1
Views: 3083

Corsham SS-50 65C02 CPU Board