News
27 October 2024
My VME532 is now running 😊. Read about it in the chapter Systems/National Semiconductor.
15 September 2024
Photo of VCFe 23.0 added to chapter Miscellaneous/VCFe.
28 July 2024
Some chapters got an update: Systems/PC532, Systems/Definicon and Systems/Multiple Vendors.
7 July 2024
New chapter Systems/Tolerant Systems added.
27 June 2024
Do you want to know more about chip debugging? Read the story of a former employee of National Semiconductor in Miscellaneous/Stories.
24 February 2024
- Work on TRIPUTER V3.0 has started - see the introduction at Systems/TRIPUTER.
- Chapter Systems/PD32 updated.
8 December 2023
New chapter M32632/Project C7 added. It covers an FPGA topic.
17 September 2023
- TRIPUTER V2.0 is done - see the result in chapter Systems/TRIPUTER.
- New photo of NS32332 CPU added to chapter Chips/Die Photos.
3 September 2023
Photos and story of the impressive SYS-16/SYS32 added to chapter Systems/National Semiconductor.
22 July 2023
Five new photos added: Figure 20 of Chips/Die Photos, Figure 4 of Chips/Second Source, Figure 7 of Systems/PD32, Figure 10 of Systems/Ceres and Figure 13 of Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous.
5 April 2023
- Work on TRIPUTER V2.0 has started. See first result in chapter Systems/TRIPUTER.
- Two new photos added to chapter Systems/Definicon.
25 March 2023
Thanks to Antoine I can present two new die photos: see NS32032 CPU and NS32381 FPU at Chips/Die Photos.
27 February 2023
The chapters Chips/Second Source and Systems/AIS got an update.
20 February 2023
- Thank's to Jonathan for his valuable hints. I used them to make the new chapter Systems/AIS and to update Systems/Multiple Vendors and Systems/PD32.
- Labtam moved from Systems/Multiple Vendors to its own chapter Systems/Labtam.
- Chapter Systems/Richard updated.
4 December 2022
- Surprise: a new CPU added to the chapter Chips/CPUs.
- Some new information added to NS32081 FPU in the chapter Chips/FPUs.
- TRIPUTER V1.2 released - see chapter M32632/TRIPUTER.
14 September 2022
Two more Opus boards are running on this planet - see chapter Systems/Opus.
4 June 2022
Update: Unix System V is running on the Opus board - see chapter Systems/Opus.
10 April 2022
- Ed sent a link to the source code of the operating system GENIX from National Semiconductor: see it at bitsavers.org.
- It took 6 years to add a new entry in chapter Chips/Second Source ...
- A photo of the Master Scientific added to chapter Systems/Acorn.
- My old Opus board is now running - see chapter Systems/Opus.
6 March 2022
Report about the PC-MX2 of Fritz added to chapter Systems/Siemens.
20 February 2022
New informations and documents added to chapter Systems/Whitechapel.
1 September 2021
Photo of Labtam CPU board plus more infos added to chapter Systems/Multiple Vendors.
18 May 2021
- I saved for the first time a vintage computer - see the section Replacing magnetic Storage by Flash in the chapter Systems/Siemens.
- Chapter Systems/Lantronix updated with the section Gordian.
24 March 2021
- New chapter Systems/Unknown System added.
- New photos of ICM-3216 added to chapter Systems/National Semiconductor.
12 December 2020
TRIPUTER V1.1 released - see chapter M32632/TRIPUTER.
22 November 2020
Many new items of Swordfish added to chapter Chips/CPUs and Chips/Die Photos.
5 November 2020
New chapter Systems/Sequent added.
29 October 2020
Many new items added to chapter Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous.
17 October 2020
Sensation! I got a hint that a preliminary datasheet of NS32SF641 exists. Watch out for more information soon.
13 September 2020
Two items added to chapter Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous and a "cup" added to chapter Chips/CPUs.
6 September 2020
- ETS-16 added to chapter Systems/Lantronix.
- Schematics and more added to chapter Systems/Whitechapel.
13 August 2020
It is done: TRIPUTER V1.0 is available! Chapter M32632/TRIPUTER and chapter Software/NetBSD updated.
6 August 2020
Chapter Systems/Vince updated.
19 July 2020
New chapter Systems/Lantronix added.
22 June 2020
- New chapter M32632/TITAN6 added.
- Some exciting news about Systems/Whitechapel MG-1.
23 February 2020
Chapter Systems/Symmetric updated.
3 February 2020
Chapter Systems/AEG updated.
11 January 2020
- New chapter Systems/Technos added.
- Photos of NS32GX32A CPU and NS32C201 TCU added to chapter Chips/Die Photos.
2 September 2019
- Die photos of NS32GX32 CPU and NS32C201 TCU added to chapter Chips/Die Photos.
- Some photos and infos about a Siemens terminal added to chapter Systems/Siemens.
5 July 2019
I got my first running PC-MX2 - see chapter Systems/Siemens.
20 January 2019
Big update of chapter Systems/Siemens with new photos and informations.
13 January 2019
Added new entry Labtam to chapter Systems/Multiple Vendors.
16 December 2018
Informations about the Hoststation 100 added to chapter Systems/Encore.
19 November 2018
TRIPUTER V0.3 released - see chapter M32632/TRIPUTER.
4 November 2018
The visit of Jim Austin's computer museum resulted in two new chapters:
21 October 2018
New chapter Systems/AEG added.
16 October 2018
New info added to chapter Systems/Opus.
4 May 2018
New photos added to chapter Systems/Canon and Miscellaneous/VCFe.
22 April 2018
TRIPUTER V0.2 released - see chapter M32632/TRIPUTER.
11 March 2018
Vince got his NS32532 CPUs - see chapter Systems/Vince.
5 March 2018
It is astonishing how many systems were offered based on the NS32016 CPU:
- new chapter Systems/Delta Instrumentation added,
- new chapter Systems/MAYON Elektronik added,
- new chapter Systems/Symmetric added
and the chapter Software/Alexander is new too.
20 February 2018
New chapter Systems/Vince added.
11 February 2018
The DB32016 is fully functional. The problem is sitting in front of the computer...
5 February 2018
My 34 year old DB32016 board is now functional, but...
21 January 2018
DB32016 added to chapter Systems/National Semiconductor and information about NS32132 and NS32232 added to chapter Chips/CPUs.
21 December 2017
Chapter Chips/Designer Kit renamed to Chips/Design Kits and updated with a new (old) kit. Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous shows now a second nice little thing.
17 December 2017
New infos in chapter Systems/Richard and a nice little thing in Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous...
30 October 2017
Die photos of NS32CG160 added to chapter Chips/Die Photos.
21 October 2017
Die photo of NS32532 added to chapter Chips/Die Photos and photo of VCFe 2015 added to chapter Miscellaneous/VCFe.
6 September 2017
- New chapter Systems/PD32 added.
- Chapter Systems/Udo updated with photo of TITAN3.
- Chapter Systems/Multiple Vendors updated with Intergraph.
20 August 2017
- New chapter Systems/Jon added.
- Chapter Systems/Matrox updated with PG-640.
- Chapter Systems/Multiple Vendors updated with Logical MicroComputer and Loral Instrumentation.
- Chapters Chips/Introduction and Chips/FPUs updated with early documents.
- Chapters Chips/Designer Kit and Systems/Definicon updated with documents.
- Chapter Software/Definicon updated with link and documents.
26 July 2017
Chapter Systems/Opus updated with information about the SYS32/20.
23 July 2017
Chapter Miscellaneous/Scrap renamed to Systems/Matrox and updated with QG-640.
2 July 2017
- New chapter Systems/Canon added.
- Chapter Systems/Multiple Vendors updated with General Robotics and Heurikon.
- Chapter Chips/FPUs updated with a photo of NS32381V.
11 June 2017
- New chapter Systems/John added.
- Chapter Systems/Opus updated with NS32532 based system.
- Chapter Chips/Die Photos updated with die photos of NS32201.
29 May 2017
- New chapter Software/GNU Toolchain added.
- Chapter Systems/Gilbert updated with photos and infos.
- Chapter M32632/TRIPUTER updated: TRIPUTER V0.1 is available.
- Chapter Software/Crossassembler updated: new version of ans32k.exe is available.
21 May 2017
Chapter Systems/National Semiconductor updated: VME532 added.
15 May 2017
Chapter Systems/Ceres updated: new link added.
9 May 2017
New chapter Systems/Gilbert added. Systems split in two columns named Systems (1) and Systems (2) due to the increased number of entries.
4 May 2017
Photo of NS32008 added to Chips/CPUs.
26 April 2017
New chapter Systems/CED added.
2 April 2017
New chapter Systems/Tektronix added and the chapters Miscellaneous/Stories and Miscellaneous/Scrap updated.
19 February 2017
New photos of NS16032 added to Chips/Die Photos.
9 January 2017
New photos of NS32081 added to Chips/Die Photos.
30 November 2016
Photos of NS32580 published at Chips/FPUs and at Chips/Die Photos.
6 November 2016
Milestone plan for TRIPUTER published - see M32632/TRIPUTER.
16 October 2016
Photo of NS32332 published at Chips/Die Photos.
2 October 2016
More informations about NS32CG16 added to chapter Chips/CPUs and a die photo of it added to chapter Chips/Die Photos. New chapter M32632/TRIPUTER added.
5 September 2016
Chapter Systems/BBC Coprocessor renamed to Systems/Acorn.
4 September 2016
Chapter Systems/BBC Coprocessor updated with information about the Acorn Cambridge Workstation.
24 August 2016
Photo of NS32032 published at Chips/Die Photos and chapter Systems/Siemens updated.
14 August 2016
M32632 V2.0 released at www.opencores.org.
4 August 2016
New chapters Systems/Indel AG and Miscellaneous/ISE Cable added.
21 July 2016
Five new die photos are shown in the chapter Chips/Die Photos.
10 July 2016
New chapter Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous added and the chapter Systems/National Semiconductor updated.
3 June 2016
New chapter Systems/Trinity College added and the chapter ICM-3216 changed to Systems/National Semiconductor.
1 June 2016
First successful tests done of the M32632 version 2 running at 50 MHz on a Cyclone IV -6 FPGA.
22 May 2016
New chapters Systems/CompuPro and Systems/Definicon added, chapter Systems/Multiple Vendors updated.
20 May 2016
First picture of a Series 32000 device from Texas Instruments released, see Chips/Second Source.
5 May 2016
At the chapter Software/Emulator a Series 32000 processor emulator in C code is available.
23 March 2016
New chapter Software/Emulator added.
7 March 2016
Chapter Systems/BBC Coprocessor updated.
14 February 2016
Chapter Systems/BBC Coprocessor updated.
30 January 2016
New chapter Chips/Designer Kit added.
21 January 2016
M32632 V1.1 files DECODER.v and STEUER_MISC.v modified and released at www.opencores.org due to a bug fix.
20 January 2016
New chapter Systems/ICM-3216 added, chapter Systems/BBC Coprocessor updated.
7 October 2015
M32632 V1.1 released at www.opencores.org . The new version fixes a critical bug.
18 September 2015
New chapters Systems/BBC Coprocessor and Software/PanOS added.
14 September 2015
Link to old newsgroup added in Chips/Introduction , Systems/Richard updated and the new chapter Software/Definicon added.
10 August 2015
New informations, mainly about Swordfish, available in Chips/CPUs, Chips/Documents and Chips/Die Photos.
29 July 2015
Performance results for the Dhrystone benchmark published in M32632/Performance.
27 June 2015
M32632 V1.0 released at www.opencores.org.
10 May 2015
The development of M32632 V1.0 has finished. The preparation for release at www.opencores.org has started.
23 March 2015
The next VCFe event is taking place in Munich on 1/2/3 May. The PC632M running NetBSD will be presented.
25 January 2015
After eliminating 4 bugs the M32632 executes succesfully NetBSD and application programs.
12 November 2014
All Series 32000 instructions except custom slave are implemented in the M32632.
20 June 2014
New photos and information can be found at Chips.
17 March 2014
It's showtime: NS32000 chips & systems at VCFe 15.0 on 3/4 May 2014 in Munich.
12 March 2014
Release of this Website.
1 August 2009
Start of the M32632 CPU development.