On 17/04/2018 06:22, Rob Doyle wrote:
> On 4/16/2018 11:40 AM, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
>> I wonder if anyone has implemented a blinkenlights
>> interface for the RPi, so that one is not reliant on the
>> complexity and reliability of VDU monitors, mice and
>> keyboards?
>
>
> http://retrocmp.com/projects/blinkenbone
>
> There are kits for PDP-8s and soon PDP-11s
>
> There are others for Altair, etc.
>
> Rob

I have one of these kits, awaiting assembly ...

http://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-8

But wnat I wish is to educate myself with an in-depth
knowledge of the ARM8 instruction set, including its
binary encodings for when I pick up the threads of
an of-interest-to-me language development that I
put to bed 30 years ago, now that I'm retired with
nothing to do, and all day to do it in!

The world of 64 bit has arrived in the home laboratory,
and I feel it to be time to do away with all computers
where you have to spend some time programming your
way around the limitations of them; including
32bit ARM with its 4GB address limitations!

(The worst cases in my experience being the 8051
and the 6303; both encountered during my professional
life as a real-time softy!)

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