I'm pretty sure that the VAX architecture called it an octaword .
This is from people who measured time in microfortnights.
Seriously, I loved DEC minicomputers. Never used a PDP-11 much, but enough to have bought a PiDP-11 kit. Still have to allocate the time to build it. I drool over the PiDP ...
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- Wed Aug 27, 2025 4:25 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: IN SEARCH OF A NAME
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4018
- Sat Aug 09, 2025 10:34 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: What happened to Briel Computers?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 12498
Re: What happened to Briel Computers?
I know nothing about this, but the Replica 1 may be available here:
https://www.reactivemicro.com/product/r ... computers/
https://www.reactivemicro.com/product/r ... computers/
- Sat Aug 09, 2025 9:55 am
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: Bob Applegate, of Corsham Technologies passed away this week
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8626
Re: Bob Applegate, of Corsham Technologies passed away this
Reproductions of some of the Corsham products are available here:
https://peripheraltech.com/Corsham%20Reprodution.htm
https://peripheraltech.com/Corsham%20Reprodution.htm
- Sat Aug 09, 2025 9:40 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Dirty tricks 6502 programmers use (C64 coding competition)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1531
Re: Dirty tricks 6502 programmers use (C64 coding competitio
I am an on and off Twitter user.
Unfortunately, some changes made around the time Elon Musk bought it made it virtually unusable without a Twitter account.
Unfortunately, some changes made around the time Elon Musk bought it made it virtually unusable without a Twitter account.
- Sat Aug 09, 2025 9:36 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Looking for floating point libraries
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16400
Re: Looking for floating point libraries
I am very interested in your work on implementing IEEE 754 compliant floating point arithmetic for the 6800. I am also developing a C compiler for the 6800 with support for IEEE 754 32-bit floats, and my floating point library already implements even rounding using guard, round, and sticky bits ...
- Sat Aug 09, 2025 9:30 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Print Integer from Hex
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2499
Re: Print Integer from Hex
Much of that bit manipulation in double dabble is making do without a decimal adjust instruction. I have posted code for a number of processors for converting binary to decimal. If there is interest, I can try to find it.
The first question is do you want smaller code size or fast execution?
The first question is do you want smaller code size or fast execution?
- Sun Oct 27, 2024 1:56 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Crenshaw - Let's Build a Compiler
- Replies: 102
- Views: 23989
Re: Crenshaw - Let's Build a Compiler
barnacle wrote:
For some reason, at the moment,
doesn't like it when where is NULL, which rather defeats the object of the exercise. I can segfault, core dumped, with the best of 'em
Code: Select all
printf ("for loop: line %d\n", *(uint16_t *)where);
- Sun Oct 27, 2024 8:46 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Crenshaw - Let's Build a Compiler
- Replies: 102
- Views: 23989
- Tue Aug 27, 2024 1:30 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Other forums for other platforms
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3965
Re: Other forums for other platforms
AtariAge forums hosts a lively section for TI-99/4A computers.
https://forums.atariage.com/
Vintage Computer Federation forums hosts areas for Acorn/BBC Micro, Grid systems and Sinclair and Amstrad micros.
https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php
You just have to find a way to get others of like mind ...
https://forums.atariage.com/
Vintage Computer Federation forums hosts areas for Acorn/BBC Micro, Grid systems and Sinclair and Amstrad micros.
https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php
You just have to find a way to get others of like mind ...
- Mon Aug 19, 2024 4:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Confusion about indirect X
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2264
Re: Confusion about indirect X
If X always contains zero,
sta (ZP12,X)
does what
sta (ZP12), x
appears to do.
If you have to vary the index, you will have to
- ping pong between the indices using Y
or
- modify ZP12 to incorporate the index
Edit: <RANT>
This is why I prefer that the assembler always require a delimiter ...
sta (ZP12,X)
does what
sta (ZP12), x
appears to do.
If you have to vary the index, you will have to
- ping pong between the indices using Y
or
- modify ZP12 to incorporate the index
Edit: <RANT>
This is why I prefer that the assembler always require a delimiter ...
- Sat Aug 17, 2024 2:30 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: No love for FORTRAN?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 24496
Re: No love for FORTRAN?
... With tons of codes there will always be typos, which would go unnoticed with implicit types ...
A read a story several years ago about a guy who was reviewing a gigantic FORTRAN program in preparation for translating it or upgrading/extending it, and decided to write a script to do some ...
A read a story several years ago about a guy who was reviewing a gigantic FORTRAN program in preparation for translating it or upgrading/extending it, and decided to write a script to do some ...
- Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:32 pm
- Forum: Programmable Logic
- Topic: Something to inspire - a fast modern 6809 in verilog
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4738
Re: Something to inspire - a fast modern 6809 in verilog
As Yoda said, "there is another..."
https://63f09.systella.fr/cpu-63f09/
It is mostly a 6309 which can be switched into 32-bit mode. It can run up to 600 MHz.
https://63f09.systella.fr/cpu-63f09/
It is mostly a 6309 which can be switched into 32-bit mode. It can run up to 600 MHz.
- Mon Aug 12, 2024 12:50 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: FLEX for the 6502 or building a compatible operating system.
- Replies: 88
- Views: 25327
Re: FLEX for the 6502 or building a compatible operating sys
Unfortunately, I still do not have anything distributable, especially for adaptation to different hardware.
The current effort is to migrate to a new reference platform based on the upcoming Peripheral Technologies hardware.
Also,
* the API is still not totally nailed down
* you have expressed a ...
The current effort is to migrate to a new reference platform based on the upcoming Peripheral Technologies hardware.
Also,
* the API is still not totally nailed down
* you have expressed a ...
- Wed Aug 07, 2024 9:48 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: FLEX for the 6502 or building a compatible operating system.
- Replies: 88
- Views: 25327
Re: FLEX for the 6502 or building a compatible operating sys
I had previously reported that Corsham Technologies was selling reproductions of SWTPC computer components. They have also produced a CPU board based on the 6502 to plug into the same types of systems.
Sadly, Bob Applegate passed away about a year ago after a long fight with cancer. I had never ...
Sadly, Bob Applegate passed away about a year ago after a long fight with cancer. I had never ...
- Wed Aug 07, 2024 7:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Self-hosting 65xx systems ... (Languages, OS, etc.)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7086
Re: Self-hosting 65xx systems ... (Languages, OS, etc.)
drogon wrote:
I had a quick look at Lucidata Pascal - the 'bytecode' is more like a 'word' code - in that every opcode appears to be 32-bits wide - it's a shame there appears to be some undocumented ones though.
https://github.com/BillGee1/P-6502