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April 26, 2007 at 2:00 pm · Filed under Life

Nordfjord in pictures.

This week has been the culmination of quite a few projects I’ve been working on. One of the most significant is the computer I built for Microcomputer Design. It’s a Motorola 68000-based system running at 4 Mhz. A few other specs: 64K SRAM, 64K ROM, 9600 bps serial communication with hardware flow control, a reset switch, and most important, 12 blinky lights and a buzzer. Oh, and it’s name is “Nordfjord.” Look it up on Wikipedia.

By today’s standards, it not exactly a supercomputer, but it was still plenty hard to build! The class is one of the most difficult I’ve taken, but also one of the most rewarding. It feels really good to have a computer that I created from absolutely nothing.

Nordfjord in pictures.

7 Comments »

fREW wrote
April 26th, 2007 at 3:18 pm

I am surprised at how neat and pretty it is! Too bad it’s slower than my ti-92…Hah, just kidding. (But for real though, it is slower.)

Jester wrote
April 26th, 2007 at 3:42 pm

Very nice! I think I recognize the napkin drawing.

Fjord wrote
April 26th, 2007 at 3:46 pm

Yup! I guess I should credit you with that one. :-)

abu wrote
April 26th, 2007 at 6:20 pm

It runs Windows CE, right?

bungee wrote
April 26th, 2007 at 7:14 pm

Dude, that’s awesome. I especially like the blinky lights and 41 logo etched into the board. Nice.

Fjord wrote
April 27th, 2007 at 12:16 am

No, no Windows CE for me. It runs NordfjordOS: hand-crafted 68K assembly goodness.

becky wrote
May 13th, 2007 at 11:18 am

Schweet! It’s so pretty! :)

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