Date : Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:32:41 +0100
From : info@... (Sprow)
Subject: New 6809 TUBE
In article <20110717162506.5r4e93m74kc0ww48@...>,
J.G.Harston <jgh@...> wrote:
> In 2008 there was a discussion on building a 6809 Tube/CoPro.
> Did anything ever come of it?
I heard nothing.
Presumably, emulating the 6809 in software on an ARM coprocessor would be
not impossible as the datasheets are readily available.
Ye olde Acorn 6809 system card manual suggests a monitor style (almost tube
ready) OS was available, including disassembly, but no BASIC. It looks like
Acorn considered it an evolutionary dead end,
Sprow.