On 2018-01-02 9:01 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > From: Mark J. Blair > > > I wonder if it might also be useful in any of the QBUS MicroVAXen? > > Hardwarewise, it should be fine. Softwarewise... well... > ... > Anyway, you can see where this is going. For people who can tweak their > drivers, no biggie. The changes aren't major - a line or two. For people who > want to run stock software...
If the documentation is good enough, people in the community will be able to provide the software. > > ... > Getting around this is all, of course, a SMOP (Small Matter of Programming), > since a new FPGA load, with support for more emulations, can be installed on > an existing QSIC at any time. It seems that you aimed at producing a "platform" all along, so that's just a natural effect. --T > > Now, whether Dave would be interested in supporting later devices, or whether > someone else could be convinced to emulate something more modern ... who > knows? > > Noel >
