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Could someone build a computer using the propeller

.:John:..:John:. Posts: 64
edited 2007-10-09 12:57 in General Discussion
Could I build a computer from the propeller. Could I then have it run a custom OS

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  • D FaustD Faust Posts: 608
    edited 2007-10-08 22:30
    I'd like to see a prop that can program a stamp/another prop.

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  • ZootZoot Posts: 2,227
    edited 2007-10-09 01:49
    Programming a Stamp could be tricky because of the need for integrating the tokenizer library, but Mike Green wrote a "simple" OS for the Prop -- http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=608678

    I *think* that's the most current post with the OS...you might want to try further searches at the forums.

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  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2007-10-09 02:08
    Since you can add screens (composite/VGA/LCD) and keyboard/mouse, SD storage, various game controllers, ethernet, and serial IO...

    Yes, you could build a computer from a prop.. And run your own OS..

    Oldbitcollector

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  • Dennis FerronDennis Ferron Posts: 480
    edited 2007-10-09 03:53
    Mike Green started a project called "Mike's OS" which later became the basis for his femtoBASIC, which is a Propeller-based clone of Tandy Color Computer BASIC. You see, instead of an "operating system" as we think of it today, a lot of the old 8 bit computers came with BASIC on a ROM, and that was both a programming tool and an operating system, because you could manage files and launch other programs and even run hardware "drivers" all from the BASIC prompt.

    You could attach a screen and keyboard to a Propeller, and run femtoBASIC on it, and have something similar in capability to an old-school 8 bit Tandy or Commodore. I built a Propeller- based computer in a suitcase this way, and I intend to make a smaller version too.
  • parts-man73parts-man73 Posts: 830
    edited 2007-10-09 12:57
    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=605980

    Here's a link to the suitcase computer

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    Brian

    uController.com - home of SpinStudio
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