retrocomputing
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This Original NES Now Has a Desktop, a Mouse and a Web Browser That Plays YouTube, Thanks to an FPGA Cartridge and an ESP32-S3 The Nintendo Entertainment System was never meant to be a computer. It has a 6502-based CPU, 2 KB of RAM and two controller ports. Yet Throaty Mumbo has turned his NES into something that looks and behaves a lot like a 1990s desktop PC: a Windows-style desktop with a start menu, files and a trash bin, a USB keyboard and mouse, a MIDI keyboard, CD and DVD playback, and a web browser that can… |
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This Open-Source 68008 DIY Computer Runs CP/M-68K BASIC and Custom Programs Using a 3-IC Lite Design The 68k-MBC is a homebrew single-board computer built around the Motorola 68008 processor, running at 8 MHz. What makes it interesting is that it can be built in two versions, Lite and Full. The Lite version keeps the hardware very simple, using three main ICs: the 68008 CPU, a PIC18F47Q10 microcontroller, and SRAM. It supports 128 KB or 512 KB of RAM and can run CP/M-68K. The Full version… |
