MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor

2019-08-02 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
1993 article on building a multiprocessor 6809 box. http://www.bradrodriguez.com/papers/6809cpu.htm -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk - Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven - Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven UK: +44

Re: MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor

2019-08-02 Thread ben via cctalk
On 8/2/2019 11:15 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: 1993 article on building a multiprocessor 6809 box. http://www.bradrodriguez.com/papers/6809cpu.htm Read that page years ago.I have always like the 6800 CPU model.I have used that model for a 18 and 20 bit cpu design currently being bread boa

Re: MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor

2019-08-02 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
> On August 2, 2019 at 5:49 PM ben via cctalk wrote: > > > On 8/2/2019 11:15 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > > 1993 article on building a multiprocessor 6809 box. > > > > http://www.bradrodriguez.com/papers/6809cpu.htm > > Read that page years ago.I have always like the 6800 CPU > model.

RE: MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor

2019-08-03 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of ben via cctalk > Sent: 02 August 2019 23:50 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 > Uniprocessor > > On 8/2/2019 11:15 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wr

Re: MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor

2019-08-03 Thread ben via cctalk
Many were not published. A friend built a TTL computer based on the PDP-8 but no details were published. There was a design in the UK called the "weeny-bitter" in the Amateur Computer Club newsletters. Not sure how many got built... Information is scattered through the magazines. I think start

Re: MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor

2019-08-03 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 08/03/2019 02:06 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: Many were not published. A friend built a TTL computer based on the PDP-8 but no details were published. A field service tech at a company I once worked for built a 16-bit computer that was a whole generation better than the 12-bit machines that c

Re: MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor

2019-08-05 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Ben said > Where are all the articles about a TTL designed computer? > Yes I know about (Homebuilt CPUs ring) but that is mostly > today. What about the Late 70's and Early 80's? Well there's the EDUC-8, based on the PDP-8 instruction set and was published from 1974 to 1975 by Electronics Austral

Re: MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor

2019-08-05 Thread ben via cctalk
On 8/5/2019 1:40 AM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: Ben said Where are all the articles about a TTL designed computer? Yes I know about (Homebuilt CPUs ring) but that is mostly today. What about the Late 70's and Early 80's? Well there's the EDUC-8, based on the PDP-8 instruction set and was

Re: MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor

2019-08-06 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 11:15 AM Liam Proven via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > 1993 article on building a multiprocessor 6809 box. > http://www.bradrodriguez.com/papers/6809cpu.htm > I disagree very much with the author's advice to use the MC6809 rather than the MC6809E. With the E vers

Re: MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor

2019-08-06 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 1:19 AM Eric Smith wrote: > With the [MC6809]E version you have to supply a quadrature clock, but all > that's required to generate that is a single-phase 4x clock (which you need > with either the E or non-E part) and a single 74HCT74. > In case anyone needs to see how th

Re: MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor

2019-08-06 Thread Norman Jaffe via cctalk
o: "Liam Proven" , "cctalk" Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 12:19:55 AM Subject: Re: MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 11:15 AM Liam Proven via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > 1993 article on

Re: MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor

2019-08-06 Thread ben via cctalk
On 8/6/2019 6:38 AM, Norman Jaffe via cctalk wrote: I built a dual-6809 in the late '70s - it was a brand-new, exciting part - and we used the E part for exactly that reason. The system used memory that had an access time that was better than the 4x clock, so that each processor could run at f

Re: MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor

2019-08-06 Thread Jecel Assumpcao Jr. via cctalk
Ben wrote on Tue, 6 Aug 2019 13:47:59 -0600 > It was too bad the 6809 did not have a pin to indicate Instruction or > Data memory bank in use. That would of given a real unix system in the > 8 bit world, as by then (late 70s) 64kb was proving just to small for > any real use. I added a circuit to