16 Jan
2021
16 Jan
'21
3:19 p.m.
On 16 Jan 2021, at 22:32, Paul Koning via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I just completed a set of tests of David's MFM emulator on my Pro 380.
Summary: everything works right. Very impressive device. My compliments to David for an
amazing piece of engineering.
Details:
1. I built and tested it (rev C board) per the instructions and all that worked nicely.
A few minor points in the instructions, quickly clarified by David and already updated on
the web page. I used an old 2 MB BeagleBone Black (the kind that was shipped some years
ago with the abandoned Angstrom distribution), that fits just fine.
Oh hells, I?m just drawing up a cape for an old 2GB BBB for my second DECbox project but
this might be a better use for it and I can get a PocketBeagle to use on the DECbox
instead.
For those that may not have heard of it, DECbox is a BBB-based emulator that fits inside a
VT100 and using simh will emulate your favourite anything that uses a serial terminal.
http://binarydinosaurs.co <http://binarydinosaurs.co/>.uk/Museum/Decbox
That?s my first one, the 2nd one will go inside one of my VT220s, or even a 240.
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