Re: Terry's DRSSTC - Class Of Operation?

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi,

I used to program the 6502 in machine language on OSI machines in the 
70's  Two bonus points to those that know who OSI is ;-))  I still have the 
computer, but it might be worth more than all my modern PCs now :o))

I think the C64 used the 6502 as well...

But the little Rabbit RC3610 is more powerful by far and fits on one's 
thumb with all the ram, rom, I/O and runs $50...  It is C programmed and 
can do full IEEE math as well as web and ethernet applications... Plus I 
have three that I am not using for anything ;-))  One just has 128k/250k 
memory :-p but "maybe" it could handle this control thing :o)))

But for now, the basic stamp works fine.  I programmed it last night to 
select from up to six programs so it can run all kinds of modes without 
reprogramming...  So I can run as just a "plain" coil or the 6000 BPS 
machine.  Maybe tonight I will get to test the super high BPS stuff.  If 
that looks cool, I may have to thing about making a super computer 
controller...

Cheers,

        Terry


At 05:12 PM 5/3/2005, you wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> Now that sounds like a fun project idea!  I have a couple of old Apple 
> II+'s hanging around that still work.  Overclock it and if it takes a hit, 
> no great loss.
>
> David E Weiss
>
> > Original poster: Davetracer@xxxxxxx
> > Personally I'd be tempted to try a 6502 processor. The thing is darn near 
> > a RISC, gets stuff done in 1-3 cycles, and is now available in up to 20 
> > Mhz versions. You can code in assembly or use many a different language 
> > for it. (6502's are commonly used as dedicated micros in modems to do 
> > stuff like on-the-fly compression).
> >
> >     -- thanks,
> >
> >     Dave