#68k — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #68k, aggregated by home.social.
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Polanie Amiga RTG Port Brings the 1996 Strategy Game to AmigaOS
#Amiga #AmigaOS #Polanie #AmigaRTG #RetroGaming #RealTimeStrategy #68k
https://theoasisbbs.com/polanie-amiga-rtg-port-brings-the-1996-strategy-game-to-amigaos/?fsp_sid=10598 -
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Basilisk II (68k classic #Macintosh emulator) ported to an ESP32 display dev kit https://github.com/amcchord/M5Tab-Macintosh
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I'm a bit worried about the temperatures in my #Amiga500.
The CPU is a ST TS68000CP8 and according to the datasheet, the operating temperature range is 0 to 70°C. After an hour of activity, it is almost 80°C...
The Denise (OCS) has same operating range and stays under 60°C, so inside the range.
The fat Agnus (ECS 1MB) almost reaches 60°C, but I couldn't find a datasheet, yet. I suppose it's fine, too.
The MC1488 (U38) is the serial line driver, and reaches almost 50°C, although I can't explain to myself why - I have nothing connected and it is a high temperature for idle.
The 74F244 buffer (U35) in the RAM circuit almost reaches 50°C, too - also within the 0 to 70°C range.
The CPU is worrying me most.
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I love these kernel hacks!
> #Mackerel-08 now boots the #mainline #Linux #kernel! That's v7.1-rc6 at the time of writing. An 8 MHz-rated #Motorola 68008 (here running at 14 MHz) and 3.5 MB of RAM are enough to boot the latest kernel into userspace and provide a minimal BusyBox shell. […] This 40+ year-old cost-reduced CPU was not a powerhouse even in its day (the 68010 came out the same year), yet it boots the same kernel as my new Ryzen desktop.
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Amelinium 0.7.5 RTG Overhaul Fixes Every Depth
#Amiga #Amelinium #RetroComputing #AmigaOS #68k #ClassicAmiga #WebBrowser #RTG #CommodoreAmiga
https://theoasisbbs.com/amelinium-0-7-5-rtg-overhaul-fixes-every-depth/?fsp_sid=8024 -
This video about the Motorola 68060 (then Coldfire) is very interesting. I did not know that most of the design was done by a startup that Motorola then acquired.
A gentle introduction to chip design, with a reminder that CISC vs RISC did not make much sense even back then, despite all the flame wars.
As a PC user I did not learn about the 060 until much later. It appears to have been quite a competent chip 🙂
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Is there an equivalent of DOS for 68K? In thinking about this a bit—considering 68K workstations like Mac, Atari ST, Tektronix 4404—i came to realise that i was probably a bit harsh on DOS (i grew up very much in the DOS period, but never had a DOS machine). Like, i love command line, and DOS is a command line available on a very broad range of machines, all x86 based (right?). Was there any sort of semi-portable command line system that was available on any sort of non-x86 architecture? (i'm thinking small, not like UNIX which could run on 68K, or MVS/TSO which ran on IBM mainframes).
[edit: contenders are CP/M-68K (which isn't vaporware), OS-9, and maybe Human68K]
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16-bit/early-32-bit was my favorite era. (Basically, the #68k era ;)
Computers were just becoming capable, but not too big for their britches.
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Free to a good home: A nine-page booklet HyperCard Version 1.2 Update, a single-page addendum to the Macintosh System Software User's Guide, Version 6.0, and the packing list from a Mac Plus, dated 1988. :apple_inc: 📮
#FreeToAGoodHome #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #Macintosh #68K
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｢ NCR Corporation, in a move to capture an increasing share of the OEM computer market, has announced a new small computer based on the Motorola 68000 microprocessor. The 16-bit multiuser and multitasking computer is called the Tower 1632. It runs an operating system derived from UNIX III and provides data storage with fixed Winchester disk drives ｣
https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/ncr-tower-1632
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#Macstodon now runs in the latest bleeding-edge build of the Snow emulator! And if you use Snow's built-in HTTPS stripping, then you don't have to configure WebOne or another proxy, just install Macstodon and start using it 😎
Thanks @twvd for the FPU fixes and all the other hard work you put into Snow! This is the kick-in-the-pants I need to get the next version of Macstodon out the door 🙂
#RetroComputing #RetroProgramming #VintageMac #68K #PowerPC #Apple #Mac #MacOS #ClassicMac
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A2560Me Aluminum Case: Foenix Labs Shows Premium and Budget Enclosures
#FoenixLabs #A2560Me #RetroComputing #68k #MiniITX #RetroHardware #ComputerCase #ArcA310 #OpenSourceDrivers #PCIe
https://theoasisbbs.com/a2560me-aluminum-case-foenix-labs-shows-premium-and-budget-enclosures/?fsp_sid=1177 -
A2000 Accelerator Mystery: Tracking an Amiga 2000 Boot Fault
#Amiga2000 #CommodoreAmiga #RetroComputing #HardwareRepair #LogicAnalyzer #PiPico #AmigaRepair #Electronics #68k #Workbench
https://theoasisbbs.com/a2000-accelerator-mystery-tracking-an-amiga-2000-boot-fault/?fsp_sid=906 -
A2560Me Board: Foenix Labs’ new 68k Mini-ITX build
#A2560Me #FoenixLabs #Motorola68060 #68k #RetroComputing #MiniITX #FPGA #RetroHardware #HomebrewComputing #VICKYTheFourth
https://theoasisbbs.com/a2560me-board-foenix-labs-new-68k-mini-itx-build/?feed_id=7246&_unique_id=694aaca5513d6 -
Getting System 7.5 natively booting on a G4 Mac is impressive enough…
...but what truly blows my mind is that on the same hardware, the author managed to get System 6.0.8 as far as a Happy Mac, and Systems 7.0/7.1 to a "not supported on this computer" dialog.
The fact that the ROM manages to get that far at all, instead of a black screen or sad mac is bonkers, considering that the processor architecture (and the rest of the hardware) is completely different from anything that would be understood by that era of OS. It's relying on the 68k emulator built-in to the ROM.
Driver support notwithstanding, I wonder how low could you go if you took the resources from the CHRP system enabler and brought them over into the System file directly? Since 6.x and early 7.x didn't support enablers.
#RetroComputing #VintageMac #68K #PowerPC #Apple #Mac #MacOS #ClassicMac https://mstdn.social/@osnews/115637701377779352
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🎉 Welcome to the riveting world of #SimpleText patching! 🤯 Navigate a labyrinth of forums and resources just to relive the #90s joy of #editing #text files on a #68K #Mac. Because who needs modern software when you can have endless #assembly #code fun? 🙄💾
https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/patching-68k-software-simpletext.4793/ #Patching #Nostalgia #HackerNews #ngated
