I just came across MiSTer
https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wikiAnd I am wondering what we would have to do to get a NeXT hardware core developed?
Anyone familiar with this platform?
-crispin
There is no fully functional 68030 core for the MiST/MiSTer. That would be the most basic requirement to start work on a NeXT core, so it's currently a long way away from possible.
68040 will be a better option, 68030 MMU is complex and not needed for version of nextstep that run on nextstation. anyway this will be complex, I'm not even certain that the DE10 FPGA card can implement a full 68040+MMU+cache+DSP at 25MHz
The ao486 core is getting pretty good on MiSTer, and there is an effort to run NeXTstep on it.
Linking to the thread about it on the forum.
https://misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=906
You could also try to port temlib (
http://temlib.org/site/), which emulates a SparcStation 5 and can run NeXTstep 3.3 (and many other operating systems for sun4m machines).
Quote from: cuby on August 16, 2020, 05:22:27 PMYou could also try to port temlib (http://temlib.org/site/), which emulates a SparcStation 5 and can run NeXTstep 3.3 (and many other operating systems for sun4m machines).
There is a port ongoing for that. It boots NeXTstep, but it's not very stable.
https://misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=545