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[commodorez]

Going Forth Into the Past

You want to find a higher level language that’s really easy to port to various architectures spanning about 50 years? Brian Stuart has you covered with the classic language Forth.  Brian even implemented it himself for his LSI-11 (basically a PDP-11/03 on a chip) back when he was in college, and decided to dust it off for the first time in decades just for VCF East.  He also had a 6809 based SBC, a SPARC Station, and the Pocket Chip arm based machine.  You name it, Forth will be there.  He even was emulating a Tektronix graphics terminal on his laptop, drawing spirograph-like images using Forth -- he later got to test it on the real thing.

“In the late 1960s Charles Moore developed the Forth programming language as a tool for efficiently developing control systems. Ever since, it’s found application in domains ranging from tiny embedded systems, to monitoring sorting belts at FedEx, to implementing workstation consoles, to controlling large telescopes, to controlling large laser arrays doing fusion research. Like LISP before it, Forth developed an avid following of programmers who understood how to use it as a meta-language for creating application specific languages customized to the problem at hand. It has a direct connection to the theory of Turing completeness and is one of the simplest languages to implement. This exhibit celebrates this amazing language by demonstrating several different implementations of Forth on a variety of hardware, all accompanied by educational material to help the viewer understand that concepts behind the language.”

[commodorez]

Hot CoCo

Anthony Stramaglia promised Tandy Color Computers, and he sure delivered. 

“In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the home computer market was filled with 6502-based offerings. But in 1980, Tandy Corporation threw their own hat in the home computer ring and offered a Motorola 6809E-based micro called the Radio Shack Color Computer — affectionately known as the CoCo. It developed a devoted following, and as a result, Tandy released two more generations, the Color Computer II in 1983 and III in 1986. A low-cost entry-level “little brother” called the MC-10 was also released in 1983. I will exhibit all three generations, an MC-10. and a variety of peripherals, games and other applications.”

[classictechnology]

MC68000

Title : MC68000. Break away from the pastPublisher : Motorola SemiconductorsLanguage : EnglishYear : 1979 or early 1980'sSubject : MC68000, EXORciser, MACSBUG, Pascal, MC6801, MC68701, MC6805, MC6809You can find much more information on the the Motorola MC68000 on Wikipedia

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Motorola 6809 - Wikipedia

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home and away rewatch 

favourite episodes => 6809

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#6809 Bellwoods Green Velvet IPA (Canada) Salute @notionbaby for this one! Coming in at 7%, this bad boy rocks unknown hops, it pours hazy af with a foamy head and a citrusy, tropical nose, the body is creamy and smooth, there’s sweet candied pineapple up front alongside some zesty citrus and piney notes, it’s impeccably silky, some grapefruit vibes, a touch chalky, wrapping in a dry, fruity finish. Glorious. — #torontocraftbeer #ontariocraftbeer #beer #craftbeer #neipa #bellwoodsbeer #bellwoodsbrewery (at Montreal, Quebec) https://www.instagram.com/getitinyacee/p/CZBTbUJNYmh/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Motorola MC6809 trainer

One of the items donated to the radio club by an SK estate last year (now I’ve forgotten which one) was this microprocessor training laboratory (MTL-1) from Cleveland Institute of Electronics (CIE). Cleveland Institute of Electronics Microprocessor Training LaboratoryCleveland Institute of Electronics Microprocessor Training Laboratory Presumably, if you had an interest in learning computer…

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