Date   : Sat, 04 Mar 2006 16:04:09 -0000
From   : "David Hunt" <dm.hunt@...>
Subject: Re: Warning: Sad case on list!

Hehehehe, another Beeb nut works its way out of the woodwork.

I can't see why the 32016 SP on eBay would be duff, the hardware is almost
bullet proof. Although spares are going to be difficult, I've seen the Math
Co-Pro chip on its own going for $100. The big 4Mb board on eBay recently
would be fun since it runs at a decent clock speed, 10MHz vs. 6MHz of the SP
and has 4Mb of breathing space vs. 1Mb. Mind you, I'm not convinced by the
32016 as a CPU, it is hilariously slow, the instruction set is complex and
it produces a hell of a lot of heat. The Ford Torino of Second Processors,
everyone wants one no matter its real world performance.

In theory (I believe) if we could extract the BIOS ROM from the
6502/Z80/32016/80186/80286/68000 2nd Processors we could use a C/C++
emulation library for the corresponding processor and implement the Tube
interface and then run it on Sprow's ARM 2nd Processor. I just wish it had
some more RAM, 64Mb would be nice, although not essential.

Sounds like a fun project, haven't written any ARM assembler for over 18
years.

Anyway, welcome to the list.

Dave ;)