#wirewrap
Returning to 68030
It’s been two years now since I started my first foray into wire-wrap prototyping. My 68030 build, the state-of-my-art from 2019 has spent most of the last two years sitting in a box.
I had gotten it running BASIC at a quarter of the speed I had hoped for, and if the wind blew just right sometimes I could even get it to use the 68882 for maths. It worked, but only just. Too unstable for any further work. I had big plans for it, but could not continue without addressing its problems.
Well, finally, I have new progress. I ordered a PCB of the main board — exactly as it was laid out for the wire-wrap prototype.
My hope is that a proper board will help with the noise issues I was having with the wire-wrap board.
A couple hours soldering, and it was ready to move all the parts over from the prototype. Since it was made from the same schematic, and was indeed the same file I referenced for wiring the prototype, it should be that easy.
Fingers crossed it works at least as well as the prototype.
Only one way to find out …