[NTLK] Can the Newton's ARM processor ever be upgraded?

[Tom]

On Wednesday, 3 December 2025 15:16:00 Greenwich Mean Time Matthias Melcher wrote:
> That is quite an amazing project!
> 
> They don't replace the CPU thoug, they use a second CPU to emulate a ROM.

Right !
But, now do the same thing with a FPGA, and you have a re-wireable on-the-fly CPU...

There are replacement/expansion cards for systems like the Amiga that do just this to add "emulated" 680x0 CPUs without having to find a real working vintage CPU...
https://amigang.com/hardware-fpga-amigas/[1]

The stuff people pull of these days is mind blowing...

-- 
Tom
MessagePad 110, 2100 owner and, in case it's not obvious, geek.

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[1] https://amigang.com/hardware-fpga-amigas/