[HN Gopher] My4TH - A minimalistic FORTH computer with discrete CPU
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       My4TH - A minimalistic FORTH computer with discrete CPU
        
       Author : incanus77
       Score  : 116 points
       Date   : 2023-03-28 17:00 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | actionfromafar wrote:
       | This is the real deal!
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       | If I ever saw an autarkic computer, this is it.
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       | It can be scaled both up and down. It could be implemented with
       | discrete components in a small room with air conditioning, or it
       | could be made into an FPGA or ASIC.
        
         | kragen wrote:
         | how big is the eprom, that might be too big for discrete
         | components in a small room
        
       | UncleOxidant wrote:
       | How about this on an FPGA?
        
         | an-unknown wrote:
         | But where is the fun then? You can easily build rather fancy
         | CPUs on an FPGA, fancy enough to boot a small Linux system in
         | the end.
        
           | UncleOxidant wrote:
           | I already had that fun back in the 80s. Wirewrapped a lot of
           | my own projects. Now I prefer to just use an FPGA.
        
             | kragen wrote:
             | okay then what's the advantage of my4th over something like
             | picorv32 for you
        
         | Taniwha wrote:
         | Tiny tapeout - 2 weeks until the next one closes, plenty of
         | time
        
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