That's the first "toy architecture" I've seen that attempts to define a PCI-like plug-and-play scheme... and a set of device classes that are suspiciously reminiscent of USB. :-)
What's really unique is the option to use Notch's DCPU-16 or a MIPS-like TR3200 as the main processor. The whole system has a good "real computer" feeling to it, which I think is especially important for educational use.
That's the first "toy architecture" I've seen that attempts to define a PCI-like plug-and-play scheme... and a set of device classes that are suspiciously reminiscent of USB. :-)
Yeah, it get details of both. Also, we did take a look to Amiga's autoconfig and Z80 and 8086 interrupt handling schemes.
The TR3200 itself is inspired on MIPS and ARC (a simplified SPARC cpu for using on computer architecture courses )
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That's the first "toy architecture" I've seen that attempts to define a PCI-like plug-and-play scheme... and a set of device classes that are suspiciously reminiscent of USB. :-)
What's really unique is the option to use Notch's DCPU-16 or a MIPS-like TR3200 as the main processor. The whole system has a good "real computer" feeling to it, which I think is especially important for educational use.
That's the first "toy architecture" I've seen that attempts to define a PCI-like plug-and-play scheme... and a set of device classes that are suspiciously reminiscent of USB. :-)
Yeah, it get details of both. Also, we did take a look to Amiga's autoconfig and Z80 and 8086 interrupt handling schemes.
The TR3200 itself is inspired on MIPS and ARC (a simplified SPARC cpu for using on computer architecture courses )