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- 02 Feb 2020, 06:43
- Forum: Hardware and software hacking
- Topic: Modified Gigatron Design Ideas
- Replies: 57
- Views: 60700
Coprocessor
... such a vCPU copro could prove its viability already when run emulated on a x86 PC. One might consider splitting the workload between the personal computer and an attached Cray homecomputer in fact.
- 02 Feb 2020, 06:17
- Forum: Hardware and software hacking
- Topic: Modified Gigatron Design Ideas
- Replies: 57
- Views: 60700
dual core Gigatron CPU
Maybe one should follow the trend in the industry and release a dualcore CPU, like e.g. our competitor intel does. One might also find the funds to conduct a security audit to find whether the Gigatron CPU is vulnerable to spectre / meltdown attacks. But jokes aside, the idea of a coprocessor or dua...
- 02 Feb 2020, 05:59
- Forum: Hardware and software hacking
- Topic: Pluggy Reloaded
- Replies: 149
- Views: 116945
"Pluggy Reloaded" = circuit board with SD card, Arduino
I would connect all of the spare I/O pins of the ATmega to suitable headers so that you can use them for connecting for example Blinkenlights , and other input and output devices - the Arduino becomes your I/O slave. I was thinking the whole time: Why not replace one of the red Blinkenlights with I...
- 02 Feb 2020, 05:33
- Forum: Hardware and software hacking
- Topic: Pluggy Reloaded
- Replies: 149
- Views: 116945
receptacle / plug terminology
The description does mention that it is a receptacle. In their lingo, "receptacle" means female in engineer-speak while they use "plug" for male . So Mr Pluggy McPlugface does not ship with a plug actually. ;) Although it ships with an interface for one. Great to see those photo...
- 01 Feb 2020, 18:46
- Forum: Escape Meta Alt Control Shift
- Topic: C74-6502
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9323
Drass
Drass mentions Gigatron in his youtube video, he might be aware of this forum.
- 01 Feb 2020, 18:26
- Forum: Hardware and software hacking
- Topic: Pluggy Reloaded
- Replies: 149
- Views: 116945
J2 male or female?
in the schematics you might denote J2 as male or female, as with the other J's.