From: nothanks@nottoday.co.uk   
      
   On 29/01/2026 10:33, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:   
   > In article <10ldgdt$lmub$1@dont-email.me>,   
   > Simon Simple   wrote:   
   >> I have 15 PSC1000 chips, unused in a waffle pack.  PSC1000A-CNXT   
   >> 0026/R60470.1 to be precise.  These are 32 bit dual stack machines which   
   >> can be clocked at 100MHz and of course, as essentially a Chuck Moore   
   >> design, run Forth very well.   
   >>   
   >> AKA ShBoom and Ignite, these were made by Patriot Scientific.   
   >>   
   >> Worth eBaying?   
   >   
   > Patriot was, and ever is, a speculation scam, like Trumps   
   > Truth Social that collects losses, then expands with issue   
   > of bonds or mergers. They bankrupted Chuck Moore (remember the   
   > villa that he was building?). Patriot extorted millions from   
   > Intel. I hear that Moore aligns with libertarianism, interested   
   > what he thinks now.   
   >   
   > At the time I wanted to purchase this chip from Europe.   
   > There was no response. Would I purchase these chips now?   
   > I guess not, with all the RISCV and ai stuff actual.   
   > There are certainly people interested in legacy stuff, so   
   > put it on eBay.   
   >   
   > Single T800 transputers doing 40 euro's, still. Also from   
   > that era. (but they were used in industrial setting.)   
   >   
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   > Groetjes Albert   
      
   I don't think Patriot started off as a scam, though that's what they   
   became.  There were a few iterations of ShBoom, the ones I have work   
   well and the documentation is good.  They tried pushing the Java angle,   
   but it's a Forth chip really.   
      
   I was a keen RTX2001 user in a real (and successful in its niche market)   
   industrial controller, and the PSC1000 seemed a good next generation   
   upgrade, but it was not to be.   
      
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