[phx-comp-eng] The News 2019-06-03

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  • Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 22:24:35 -0700


== Media ==

In the latest installment of his series on Commodore computer history,
The 8-bit Guy reviews Commodore's line of MS-DOS compatible computers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e63XWCW2ADY

Ben Eater joins Chris (Gammell) to talk about building an 8 bit
computer
on breadboards and how low level construction is a great project for
learning more about the field of electronics.

https://theamphour.com/444-an-interview-with-ben-eater/

"This book by Winkel and Prosser is one of the classic computer
engineering textbooks of the 1980s."

The forum post has a link to a PDF of the full book.

https://anycpu.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=608

== Hardware ==

"The Libre RISC-V M-Class is a RISC-V chip that is libre-licensed to
the bedrock."

https://www.crowdsupply.com/libre-risc-v/m-class

"Yet Another m68k Homebrew", a Motorola 68k homebrew on breadboard.

https://hackaday.io/project/164305-yet-another-m68k-homebrew

== Meetups This Week ==

Coffee and Code, Wednesday 06-05 9:00am @ HeatSync Labs

https://bit.ly/2JXMyfl

phx2600, Friday 06-07 6:00pm @ Lux Central

https://www.phx2600.org/

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