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forth-cpu
VHDL2019–2023
howerj / forth-cpu

forth-cpu

A Forth CPU and System on a Chip, based on the J1, written in VHDL

3Distinct people
4Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
379GitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

A Forth CPU and System on a Chip, based on the J1, written in VHDL

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 2:04:58 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2019-03-19 20:45:16 UTC to 2023-03-29 04:35:52 UTC.

0122019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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Hi! Sorry, I've been at work all day... The VGA module on which the VT-100 is built around used that font (I am not sure of its name - I guess "MDA/VGA font" would do). That VGA module came from here: http://www.javiervalcarce.eu/html/vhdl-vga80x40-en.html. The project actually uses Terminus by default now. That video of the system up and running is quite old, I should make a new one. You can switch between Terminus (8x12, KOI8-R) and VGA Font (Latin-0). There's space for two more fonts in the Block RAM - if you wanted to make a new you're welcome to! The fonts are in 'https://github.com/howerj/forth-cpu/tree/master/fonts'.
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