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Re: Gryphon 68030 [message #1605 is a reply to message #1602] Sat, 11 February 2017 07:19 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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will wrote on Fri, 10 February 2017 03:56
I am certainly interested in a 68040 SBC; providing it has a timer and enough RAM I'll try to write a port of Linux to it.


Hi

I too would like to build a 68040 SBC assuming it has enough IO to be useful as a stand-alone machine. That means in addition to the CPU/SRAM/DRAM core at least mass storage, serial, parallel, keyboard, video, audio, network, and timer/clock. It doesn't have to be the greatest but enough to get going without requiring another PC or terminal.

The Gryphon board has a good rich IO for an SBC but the 68030 is probably too limiting for a current Linux type OS. Maybe a stripped down OS would work like the early Amiga OS or NetBSD.

What I'd like to do is finish the Gryphon board (latest version is Jackalope) and evolve the design to incorporate a more robust DRAM controller and then convert the board to a 68040 solution. The downside of 68040 is all the memory needs to be 32 bit wide unless some kind of bus resizer is added like MC68360 or MC68150 or custom logic chip.

Ideally start with Gryphon (Jackalope) and phase in new capabilities.

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