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0 pointsXtalJ9y ago0 comments

I think my next project will be a computer based on the 68000 and the ISA bus :-)

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Here is a 68000 machine with an ISA bus I built in 1987:

http://www.merlintec.com/lsi/merlin2.html

It originally had an Ethernet interface instead of a bus, but since I couldn't get a PC Ethernet board to connect it to I ripped that out and did a simple ISA (actually 8 bit PC bus instead of full ISA) interface. This allowed me to use PC floppy and HD boards as seen in the picture so I could have a "sneakernet" in place of the missing Ethernet.

XtalJOP9y ago

Wow, really cool. Do you have more documentation about the ISA bus implementation? :-)

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jecel9y ago

Here is a 68000 machine with an ISA bus I built in 1987:

http://www.merlintec.com/lsi/merlin2.html

XtalJOP9y ago

Wow, really cool. Do you have more documentation about the ISA bus implementation? :-)

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