Date   : Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:53:26 +0100
From   : julesrichardsonuk@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: modern BBC remake

Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:
>> Message-ID: <4f04bf1319info@...>
>  
> Sprow <info@...> wrote:
>>  * 6845/video ULA/Teletext emulated in programmable logic
>>    New set of registers to allow modes up to 1280x1024x256.
>  
> Oooh! Me Like! 

Surely it's going to be slow as mole-asses to actually use for anything 
productive though? Memory's cheap, but bus bandwidth isn't - aren't we still 
constrained by a relatively-slow 8 bit CPU for display memory accesses on the 
"interactive" side of the system?

> People keep suggesting ripping out facilities just for the sole
> purpose of ripping them out. Ok, leave it for the user to decide
> whether they solder on a printer socket, but don't remove that
> choice from them.

Seconded - plus people aren't going to want to spend money for features that 
they might not need anyway. Get the core going which does the job of being 
compatible with the original machine first, give it a flexible bus (e.g. TUBE 
or TUBE-with-extras), sort out the expansion options later.