These pages describe Kiwi, a Motorola MC68008-based computer system which was developed and built as a hobby. The intention was rather to start another FPGA based project, but to design a classic computer with dedicated controllers and a count of 74 TTL chips. As for design, the goal was to create a computer system which could have existed in the 80ies...
Specifications: CPU MC68008, clocked at 10MHz IFrame RAM 4MB DRAM, 512kB dedicated VRAM Video Yamaha V9990 Video Display Processor Audio dual SID stereo (MOS6581 or MOS8580) Mass storage IDE/ATA and floppy disk interface (WD177x) Time/Date Realtime clock Epson RTC72421 Network 10base-T Ethernet (CS8900a) Interfaces PS/2 compatible Keyboard and Mouse ports Two Atari style Joystick ports RS232 and parallel ports ROM 32KB EPROM with IDE/ATA Boot Code Operating system Enhanced Basic 68k or EmuTOS
The operating system is a modified version of Enhanced Basic 68k. When the system is switched on, the look and feel is as old school as it was intended to be. One can just start typing PRINT, GOTO, LIST, LOAD, RUN like used to do two decades ago.
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