>An idea that I've been thinking about is the re-implementation of a classic
>architecture (for me, probably a PDP-11) using entirely modern hardware. One
>way to go about this would be to use a Xilinx FPGA. I know that this has
>already been done for the PDP-8. Another approach would be to view a Wintel
Mentec and I think one other company have implemented the PDP-11 in FPGA.
IIRC, Mentec's version is about 4x as fast as a 11/93.
>PC as a microcoded platform, and reimplement the PDP-11 on that hardware.
>The microcode would be written in tightly crafted Pentium code. The machine
>would bootstrap itself by loading the microcode from a special partition on
>the hard drive. Since the hardware has memory to burn relative to the
Now I like this idea!
Zane
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Received on Fri Sep 14 2001 - 12:11:15 BST