From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: hansolofalcon@att.net (Gregg C Levine) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:29:54 -0400 Subject: [TUHS] b remnants? In-Reply-To: <4E9C5569.6090202@bitsavers.org> References: <4E9C5569.6090202@bitsavers.org> Message-ID: <009301cc8cea$0143d3c0$03cb7b40$@net> Hello! Okay with that in mind, what about someone (or something) creating an FPGA based Xerox Alto? --- Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon at att.net "This signature is not the same one. Move along! Move along!" > -----Original Message----- > From: tuhs-bounces at minnie.tuhs.org [mailto:tuhs-bounces at minnie.tuhs.org] On > Behalf Of Al Kossow > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 12:19 PM > To: tuhs at minnie.tuhs.org > Subject: Re: [TUHS] b remnants? > > On 10/15/11 9:41 AM, Gregg Levine wrote: > > > With today's FPGA technology someone should revive the TX-0 and the > > TX-1 that way...... > > > > I assume you meant TX-2. There was never a TX-1. > TX-0 simulation was working in MESS, there is code around for TX-0 > including a couple of games. > TX-2 was a moving target. The instruction set changed quite a bit during > its lifetime and little code is available. There has been interest in the > past for trying to revive Sketchpad, but Ivan Sutherland isn't interested > in releasing the code when I've talked to him about it. > One of the more interesting east to west coast connections is the TX-2 > BCPL compiler was the basis for the BCPL on the Xerox Alto. > > _______________________________________________ > TUHS mailing list > TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs