Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 08/23/2019 12:47 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > From: Jon Elson >> On 08/22/2019 12:47 PM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: >> On a possible related note, I am looking for information on converting >> CISC instructions to VLIW RISC. > I think it might end up

Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread dwight via cctalk
The concepts of bitslice coding and optimizing of it have always interested me. I'm not sure about the correlation to "CISC to VLIW RISC". Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Al Kossow via cctalk Sent: Friday, August 23, 2019 2:37 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org

Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
> On a possible related note, I am looking for information on converting > CISC instructions to VLIW RISC. I'm impressed, cctlk went completely off the rails on the first reply to the list announcement, and has stayed there. At least the list itself is staying on topic.

Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread ben via cctalk
On 8/23/2019 12:00 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: On Aug 23, 2019, at 1:47 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: From: Jon Elson On 08/22/2019 12:47 PM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: On a possible related note, I am looking for information on converting CISC instructions to VLIW RISC.

Re: Raspberry Pi write cycles

2019-08-23 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Aug 23, 2019, at 12:30 PM, John Klos via cctalk > wrote: > > Any Pi processor newer than the original ARM1176JZ should run NetBSD pretty > well. My 900 MHz Pi 2 runs NetBSD/vax almost as fast as a VAXstation 4000/30 > (VLC), which is about 5 VUPS. An original Pi or Pi Zero should be

Re: Raspberry Pi write cycles

2019-08-23 Thread John Klos via cctalk
But then it turned out not to be the load at all. No matter what I ran on that Pi, it would corrupt its SD cards in a matter of weeks (the symptom was that the fourth bit of some bytes would just stick on). I assume it was just something broken in the Pi itself. You can simply root off of a

Re: KE11-A craze (Was: Current MANX location)

2019-08-23 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 2:34 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > >> Speaking of KE11-A's, does anyone know what's behind the bidding wars > >> on recent eBay KE11-A component board listings, e.g.: > >> > >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/372685033144 > > Must be two such people,

Re: KE11-A craze (Was: Current MANX location)

2019-08-23 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Ethan Dicks >> Speaking of KE11-A's, does anyone know what's behind the bidding wars >> on recent eBay KE11-A component board listings, e.g.: >> >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/372685033144 > Perhaps someone has a broken KE11-A Must be two such people, though - I

Re: Update: Shipping 50 lb computer from Zell am See, Austria to CA.

2019-08-23 Thread Joshua Rice via cctalk
I’ve had/am having a similar sized machine shipped from Bulgaria to the UK, twice. Board first, chassis second. It cost me roughly £60 all in. I expect a machine taking that long a journey would be best done by ocean frieght. It’ll take longer than air mail, but a transatlantic flight with a

Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Aug 23, 2019, at 1:47 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk > wrote: > >> From: Jon Elson > >>> On 08/22/2019 12:47 PM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: > >>> On a possible related note, I am looking for information on converting >>> CISC instructions to VLIW RISC. > >> I think it might end up

Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Jon Elson >> On 08/22/2019 12:47 PM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: >> On a possible related note, I am looking for information on converting >> CISC instructions to VLIW RISC. > I think it might end up looking a bit like the optimizers that were > used on drum

Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 08/22/2019 12:47 PM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: On 8/22/19 12:16 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: On another mailing list, someone asked if there was any list specifically about bit-slice design and microcoding. I don't know of one, so I've created a new mailing list specifically for those

Re: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 12:47:28PM -0500, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: [...] > On a possible related note, I am looking for information on converting CISC > instructions to VLIW RISC. Do you mean the theoretical basis, or implementing it? And is this ahead-of-time ("I want to run *this* binary"),

Update: Shipping 50 lb computer from Zell am See, Austria to CA.

2019-08-23 Thread steven stengel via cctalk
Well, I knew the computer, just not the city. It's Zell am See, a small town in western Autria, far from everywhere it seems. The computer is a Datapoint 2200 - 50lbs, 10x19x20 inches. I want to get it shipped to Calfornia, where I live. The cheapest option is to just use local Austria mail,

RE: bit-slice and microcode discussion list

2019-08-23 Thread Patrick Mackinlay via cctalk
Not precisely CISC to VLIW RISC, but in my opinion very cool and somewhat related. https://gamozolabs.github.io/fuzzing/2018/10/14/vectorized_emulation.html From: cctalk on behalf of Tom Uban via cctalk Sent: Friday, August 23, 2019 12:47:28 AM To: Eric