[Oberon] Porting OberonRISC5 to an affordable FPGA board

[enso]

Hi Paul.

Thanks for volunteering.  Email me your address and I will send you a board!

It is the first prototype run, so it's possible that some issues will 
come up.  So far I've identified a couple of very minor problems - wrong 
headphone footprint and faulty uSD sense switch wiring.  These should 
not affect RISC5 implementation at all.  The design is simple enough 
that there shouldn't be problems (ahem) - it's pretty minimal.

Anyway, it shouldn't be too much of a timesuck for you, as you know your 
way around the system.

To clarify, it's a labor of love for me.  I've held on to the original 
Project Oberon book over the years, although haven't had the opportunity 
to do any Oberon work...  When I came across the RISC5 recently, your 
work revived my interest.  The short time I've spent with RISC5 Oberon 
is a great relief from the failing software and flaky USB devices I have 
to deal with daily.

I am looking forward to a world that has inexpensive Oberon hardware 
accessible to all.

Thanks again.

On 07/26/2015 01:48 PM, Paul Reed wrote:
> Hi Enso,
>
> Sure!  If you can get a prototype board to me I'd be more than happy to
> endeavour to get it working.  Feel free to reply privately to make the
> arrangements.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
>
>> Hello, Oberon RISC5 fans.
>>
>> Reading a previous discussion about an affordable Oberon FPGA board, I
>> decided to design an affordable FPGA board suitable for the RISC5
>> architecture (and take an $80000 hit?).  More information about the
>> board here: http://apple2.x10.mx/RetroStation32/index.html
>>
>> I have working hardware prototypes, but don't have the time (and frankly
>> enough understanding of Oberon internals) to port RISC5 to the new board
>> in a timely manner.  Would anyone be interested in taking on the port?
>> Once that is done, I can make a small run of the boards.  I am trying to
>> keep the final price close to US$100.
>>
>> Please contact me via email if you are interested.
>>
>>
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