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Is it possible to make modern replica PowerPC Macs?
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In some ways, the PowerPC would be simpler to replicate, as more of the components align to public standards. Sure it's more complicated, but a lot of that complication is already "solved" on existing SoC architectures with proper documentation available. The Plus comes from a time before most of that standardization had begun in anything but the x86 PC.
This thread made me curious and first project surfacing into google search results (from reddit) was this:
Introduction does not say what kind of PowerPC it is, I guess most earlier 60* ?
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there is also Microwatt core, but it targets PowerISA 2.07b, something much newer than G3/4/5 used ..? But at least according to answer to github issue there it supports BE mode ...
github.com
Introduction does not say what kind of PowerPC it is, I guess most earlier 60* ?
Edit:
there is also Microwatt core, but it targets PowerISA 2.07b, something much newer than G3/4/5 used ..? But at least according to answer to github issue there it supports BE mode ...
GitHub - antonblanchard/microwatt: A tiny Open POWER ISA softcore written in VHDL 2008
A tiny Open POWER ISA softcore written in VHDL 2008 - antonblanchard/microwatt
github.com
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This powerpc laptop project still alive, but ... hardware design is hard and costly, especially for small product run.
May be something like neoBeBOX will be a bit simpler to do? At least if Haiku gained ppc/smp support ....
It was just about possible to fit two early sparc cpu cores into FPGA used by MiSTER (and now by chaper, probably on salvaged components, clone boards).
SparcStation Core - MiSTer FPGA Forum
misterfpga.org
A remix board for NuBus PPC Macs with built in VGA out replacing that &($*&(%&%*& HD45 port might be interesting?
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