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| − | Lorraine was the original name for the Amiga computer, named after Dave Morse's wife. After the system's architecture was drawn up on the whiteboard, Ron Nicholson designed a [[wire wrap]] motherboard codenamed Peace. | + | Lorraine was the original name for the Amiga computer, named after Dave Morse's wife. After the system's architecture was drawn up on the whiteboard, Ron Nicholson designed a [[wire wrap]] motherboard codenamed Peace. He would also design a second board called War. The full systems for each board were called Respect and Satisfaction. |
[[Wire wrap]] boards were also made for each of the custom chips before silicon was available. The wiring was done by embroiderers who were contracted to wire each stack, using a schematic as a reference. The boards were then brought back to Amiga for debugging in order to verify each connection was wired correctly. Further debugging was done using a panel with switches and LEDs, built by [[Glenn Keller]]. This connected to Lorraine using the serial port and several probes. | [[Wire wrap]] boards were also made for each of the custom chips before silicon was available. The wiring was done by embroiderers who were contracted to wire each stack, using a schematic as a reference. The boards were then brought back to Amiga for debugging in order to verify each connection was wired correctly. Further debugging was done using a panel with switches and LEDs, built by [[Glenn Keller]]. This connected to Lorraine using the serial port and several probes. | ||
Revision as of 17:09, 11 April 2023
Lorraine was the original name for the Amiga computer, named after Dave Morse's wife. After the system's architecture was drawn up on the whiteboard, Ron Nicholson designed a wire wrap motherboard codenamed Peace. He would also design a second board called War. The full systems for each board were called Respect and Satisfaction.
Wire wrap boards were also made for each of the custom chips before silicon was available. The wiring was done by embroiderers who were contracted to wire each stack, using a schematic as a reference. The boards were then brought back to Amiga for debugging in order to verify each connection was wired correctly. Further debugging was done using a panel with switches and LEDs, built by Glenn Keller. This connected to Lorraine using the serial port and several probes.
