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- Sun Feb 26, 2023 1:15 pm
- Forum: Showcase your work!
- Topic: WiP Raspberry Pico Microdrive Hardware Emulator
- Replies: 86
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- Thu Jan 05, 2023 9:45 am
- Forum: Showcase your work!
- Topic: WiP Raspberry Pico Microdrive Hardware Emulator
- Replies: 86
- Views: 4895
Re: WiP Raspberry Pico Microdrive Hardware Emulator
Would be happy to. I'm planning on tidying up the Microdrive code (running on the 2nd core) and releasing standalone so people can mess with it. It is all about timing and luckily the Pico comes with some nice routines. That is great. Thank you very much! Note I used the C SDK and not Micropython. ...
- Thu Jan 05, 2023 7:53 am
- Forum: Showcase your work!
- Topic: WiP Raspberry Pico Microdrive Hardware Emulator
- Replies: 86
- Views: 4895
Re: WiP Raspberry Pico Microdrive Hardware Emulator
Hello Tom,
I'm thinking about a Pico based IF1 replacement.
Would you help me with Pico code of Microdrive routines?
Kind regards
Paul
I'm thinking about a Pico based IF1 replacement.
Would you help me with Pico code of Microdrive routines?
Kind regards
Paul
- Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:03 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: How does the IF1 ROM get unpaged?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 502
Re: How does the IF1 ROM get unpaged?
The problem is that it's limited by GPIOs. It has 26, but with 16 needed for the address bus and 8 for the data bus, plus the control bus needs a few, the microdrive hardware needs another 7, 4 for the RS232, one more for the network... Either 2 Picos working in tandem, or significant GPIO expansio...
- Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:09 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Introduce yourself!
- Replies: 684
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Re: Introduce yourself!
Hello, I'm Paul, an active ZX80 and ZX81 user and member of the German ZX-Team. I'm currently using my spectrums a little more than before, not very experienced. I have a vdriveZX that's only checked that it works and the Oqtadrive which brought me back to the Spectrum. I'm diving into MD usage and ...