Fpga Based Ibm-PC-Xt

This is exactly the type of content I come to HN for. Succinctly writen passion project posts like this one that actually inspire me to finish and document my own.

I started a (couple of) very similar project(s) for the VCS/2600 that I'm now motivated to take a second look at. One that used a modern 6502 equivalent, and another that was largely software based, but read and used the physical cartridges and controllers but passed the heavy lifting to software emulation.

That said, I do hope the author posts a follow-up on how the EGA graphics were implemented.

I've a NEC V30 sitting somewhere on a bookshelf, and I was thinking of building an emulated chipset around it to emulate an Amstrad PC1512/PC1640, but with HDMI output. Or maybe DisplayPort since that's not encumbered with patents or royalties. I have an Amstrad PC1640 working perfectly in PCem on Linux. But it'd be more satisfying to actually build something that would make use of the NEC V30.

I had to upvote right after this sentence: "I wanted to be able to play the EGA version of Monkey Island 1 on it"

I've been waiting on something like this for years, I'm surprised it took so long for someone to do it since there's been those gotek floppy drive emulators and things like bluescsi for forever.

This seriously just made my day.

I love this, but I do prefer just using the NuXT. The NEC V20 is a great CPU, my personal favorite. It's a better 8088 that maintains compatibility while increasing performance and offered a great price to consumers at the time of its introduction.