XtalJ
Joined 10 years ago
Joined 10 years ago
But with that being said, people from other professions could still learn how to program and do it well.
Maybe you think of a programmer as person that is just typing in the program designed by someone else, a developer, in a specific language with a specific syntax?
The text may only be interesting for people building or thinking about building a retro microcomputer.
This was the effect I was looking for: https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQHkdLM...
I was actually planning to do a ROM emulator with a PIC MCU at first, but ended up using a regular EPROM, SIO/UART and a bootloader to load programs via RS232. When I had a stable program, I burned it to the ROM and continued. This is because when I got started with the "test circuit" I didn't want to go back to the PIC :-D
I'm currently developing my ROM monitor so that I can get CP/M running :-)
Five PCBs cost me $250, but they can be made cheaper. Otherwise the price depends a lot on the components. Ceramic ones are very expensive and the whole computer would probably end up at around $300 - $400. For plastic components, the price would be more close to $200.
https://github.com/CodileAB https://www.instagram.com/wolley.xyz/
I’ve been working with it on and off for two years now and hopefully it can soon actually vacuum my floors :-)