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Re: Novix NB4300

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On 2/18/2017 2:35 AM, Cecil Bayona wrote:
> On 2/18/2017 1:09 AM, JUERGEN wrote:
>> On Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 12:37:40 PM UTC, Anton Ertl wrote:
>>> dougatdoughq@gmail.com writes:
>>>> What stuns me is that it looks like there there is *nothing* on the
>>>> web abo=
>>>> ut the board - almost a complete vaccuum - which is weird.
>>>
>>> It's from before the web.  Almost nothing from that time is
>>> represented on the web, unless it is of interest to history fans and
>>> such.  Apparently the Novix has escaped the attention of the
>>> retro-computing people; I guess the overlap of these two small niches
>>> is too small.
>>>
>>> - anton
>>> --
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>>
>> The NOVIX description in Footsteps In An Empty Valley has just been
>> released as the latest eBook. Written by TING and with a lot of updates.
>> My question now is: What is still in some boxes somewhere regarding
>> this chip - not touched for years:
>> 1. documentation
>> 2. chips
>> 3. boards
>> 4. software
>> 5. applications from then
>> 6. who has knowledge and interest to get it running again.
>> Steve is in the process of trying to implement the chip as IP in his
>> spare time. Similar to  what had been done for the FIG-Forth Manual
>> and the 1802 IP
>>
>> If there is possible access to SW and HW on loan - I would give it a
>> scan or take pictures to go with the IP.
>>
> I have seen copies of cmForth on the web, it's the Forth that Charles
> Moore wrote for the Novix.
>
> I also know that the Dutch Forth Group has several copies of the
> hardware and documentation, I was interested and was told they would
> look into donation one to me but I never heard back again.
>
> I hope they do create a FPGA version as I'm interested in that processor.

I would be interested in helping with that.  I don't have any docs on 
the instruction set.  I would need something that defines it clearly and 
completely.

-- 

Rick C

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Re: Novix NB4300 JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2017-02-17 23:09 -0800
  Re: Novix NB4300 Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2017-02-18 01:35 -0600
    Re: Novix NB4300 JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2017-02-17 23:43 -0800
    Re: Novix NB4300 JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2017-02-17 23:48 -0800
    Re: Novix NB4300 rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-18 03:28 -0500
      Re: Novix NB4300 JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2017-02-18 00:37 -0800
    Re: Novix NB4300 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-18 10:57 -0800

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