Phil M0OFX13h ago
Riding the TRAM! #transputer #retrocomputing
Show threadMatt Gumbley3d ago

@timixretroplays Just found this on AliExpress - thanks! - and each board is SEVENTY FIVE UK PENCE WITH FREE SHIPPING. I’m building my #transputer emulation system with Pi Picos, and if I can get PIO working off something this small, I’ll be able to build a cluster for next to nothing! Incredible!

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008513193739.html

Raspberry Pi Pico 2 RP2350 Core A Entwicklungsboard RP2350A RP2350-Core-A - AliExpress 7

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Matt GumbleyMar 20

So I have the USB CDC link to debug, then integrate the slow GPIO link, and get the separate link adapter build working.

Then it’s time to get it all building on all platforms - with some extra IServer code for Windows ‘cos serial I/O is a completely different beast on the Fischer-Price OS (of course it is, blessss…)

And I’m maxed out with other stuff involving different hats… so I’m not setting deadlines, other than “the future” :)

#Transputer

Phil M0OFXFeb 24
Hmmm. I hooked Link0 of a Transtech TTM15F-85-F module up to the host card, and it's flagging Error and failing to communicate. I can see the peek command on LinkIn but no reply on LinkOut. Very odd. #transputer #Transputers
Phil M0OFXFeb 23
Transputin'! #riscos #AcornComputers #transputer
Óscar Toledo G.Feb 20
I got two chips all the way from England from @PaulaMaddox Thank you! #retro #transputer
Phil M0OFXFeb 14
Turns out if you want a Replicator, all you need to do is learn Occam. #transputer
Grant Me StrengthJan 31

I _think_ this means my soldering is OK and it’s working! #transputer

https://8bitforce.com/blog/2025/10/02/teensy-4.1-speaks-transputer-link/

Matt GumbleyJan 18
In which I post an update to my blog (taking Joan Westenberg’s recent advice to blog more), and try the RSS Parrot… @birb - Parachute Post-winter-solstice update: https://mattgumbley.wordpress.com/ #Transputer
On the Edge of Occam's Razor 2.0

Let’s stick with the past, ‘cos the future won’t last…

On the Edge of Occam's Razor 2.0
Paula MaddoxDec 30

Got my first transputer program running from my #PC6502

Very simple code that spits out 0xAA000000 if it’s a 16 bit transputer and 0xAAAA0000 if it’s 32 bit.

Output is -
<< READ =$AA
<< READ =$AA
<< READ =$00
<< READ =$00

Next write something simple to confirm the tool chain I have works.
Then a server program to run on the 6502, so I can then run some Mandelbrot code on the transputer.

Long way to go, but fun

#retrocomputing #transputer #6502