On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 01:16:03 -0600
Kyle Owen <kylevowen at gmail.com> wrote:
Greetings,
I've been hard at work on an OS/8 system handler that negotiates block
transfers between a PC running a special disk server. The two are
currently working great! I was able to use the BUILD utility to make
my own OS/8 V3D disk and boot from it. I then thought that it may be
possible to take an existing RK05 image and replace the bootloader
and system handler with my own. Sure enough, it works!
Check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkqVJ6ShV5A
I'll be releasing the source code for all of this within the next few
weeks as I make minor changes (and mostly tidy it up).
Great! This ought to work with Philipp Hachtmann's "Omni-USB" board for
really fast I/O. When you release the driver, I'll check out it's
performance - RK05 vs. Serial/USB.
--snip--
The handler sends serial data to an M8650YA (currently
addressed at
40/41, the aux TTY addresses) operating at 19200 baud. This is pretty
slow still, as you can see from the video. But it's usable! And it's
bound to get better with a few more improvements.
BTW: Omni-USB defaults to these ports...
--snip--
Cheers,
Lyle
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