3 Dec
2005
3 Dec
'05
9:43 a.m.
Sounds like I'm back with 6809 as being easier to work with. I'll sit down with
what I've got here and see what I can come up with (I'm more interested in
designing than just having a "soldering skills test").
Scott
3 Dec
3 Dec
10:12 a.m.
New subject: OS/9 and software for the 6809 (was RE: trying to design my first micro- looking for "prior art")
compoobah at valleyimplants.com wrote:
Sounds like I'm back with 6809 as being easier to
work with.
I'll sit down with what I've got here and see what I can come
up with (I'm more interested in designing than just having a
"soldering skills test").
I love fooling around with old microprocessors too, but one of my issues
is that I hate writing software for them. After I get all the hardware
built, I'm kind of stuck with the question "Now what???" Toggling in
little
LED blinking programs and things like that gets old pretty fast. That's one
reason I picked the 6120 - OS/8 and related stuff is readily available on
the Internet - and the Elf - there's lots of original Elf software around,
plus Mike Riley did a great job writing a real disk OS for it.
I know there was at one time an OS/9 for the 6809 - does anybody know the
status of that today? Is there other software for the 6809 floating around
these days?
Of course, you may not share my hangups about writing software ...
Bob
10:22 a.m.
New subject: OS/9 and software for the 6809 (was RE: trying to design my first micro- looking for "prior art")
There is a free clone of OS9 called NitroOS. It's at http://
www.nitros9.org/.
Does that mean we're likely to see a cool 6809 board from Spare Time
Gizmos sometime soon? Put me on the list for one!
On Dec 3, 2005, at 1:12 PM, Robert Armstrong wrote:
compoobah at
valleyimplants.com wrote:
Sounds like I'm back with 6809 as being
easier to work with.
I'll sit down with what I've got here and see what I can come
up with (I'm more interested in designing than just having a
"soldering skills test").
I love fooling around with old microprocessors too, but one of my
issues
is that I hate writing software for them. After I get all the
hardware
built, I'm kind of stuck with the question "Now what???" Toggling
in little
LED blinking programs and things like that gets old pretty fast.
That's one
reason I picked the 6120 - OS/8 and related stuff is readily
available on
the Internet - and the Elf - there's lots of original Elf software
around,
plus Mike Riley did a great job writing a real disk OS for it.
I know there was at one time an OS/9 for the 6809 - does anybody
know the
status of that today? Is there other software for the 6809
floating around
these days?
Of course, you may not share my hangups about writing software ...
Bob
1:05 p.m.
New subject: OS/9 and software for the 6809 (was RE: trying to design myfirst micro- looking for "prior art")
David Betz wrote:
There is a free clone of OS9 called NitroOS. It's
at
http://www.nitros9.org/.
Looks nice, but how tied is this to the CoCo hardware?
All the source code is available, so I guess you could always port it if
you have the time.
Does that mean we're likely to see a cool 6809
board from Spare Time
Gizmos sometime soon? Put me on the list for one!
Maybe, but it sounds like Scott is going to do one too. I don't want to
steal his idea.
If I was going to do it I'd want some software person who was willing to
do the porting of OS/whatever to it - I just don't have the time for that
myself.
Actually, I'd rather do a Z80-CP/M machine, but the same problem applies
(need a software person to port CP/M).
Bob
12:34 p.m.
New subject: OS/9 and software for the 6809 (was RE: trying to design my first micro- looking for "prior art")
Bob,
On Saturday 03 December 2005 10:12, Robert Armstrong wrote:
--snip--
I know there was at one time an OS/9 for the 6809 -
does anybody know the
status of that today? Is there other software for the 6809 floating around
these days?
Some years ago, I gave a buddy of mine in the east coast two 6809 systems
running OS/9. I gave him complete sets of the OS/9 operating system,
associated software, manuals, spare parts, etc.
I've sent him an email - and will let you know if he still has it and if I can
get copies of the software/manuals made.
Cheers,
Lyle
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4:24 p.m.
New subject: 6502 OSes? (was OS/9 and software for the 6809)
In message <001801c5f835$21bac2d0$0401010a at jfcl.com>
"Robert Armstrong" <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:
I love fooling around with old microprocessors too,
but one of my issues
is that I hate writing software for them. After I get all the hardware
built, I'm kind of stuck with the question "Now what???" Toggling in
little
LED blinking programs and things like that gets old pretty fast.
I have the same problem. I've got a nice little homebrew 8MHz 6502-based
micro sitting next to me with an EPROM emulator hooked up. I've got EhBASIC
running on it, now I'm stuck in a "Now what? Write a DOS?" situation.
I know there was at one time an OS/9 for the 6809 -
does anybody know the
status of that today? Is there other software for the 6809 floating around
these days?
What I would REALLY like is something similar to OS/9, but for the 6502.
I've got a crateload of CPLDs here just begging to be used for something
useful - splat a Xilinx XC9572XL and a 3V3 regulator on a board, then wire up
a floppy controller IC (uPD765 'cos that's all I've got in my junkbox) and
IDE hard drive interface on a single Eurocard. Could be good fun - and it
would leave me one spare board for my Atari DVG clone. Asteroids on a
homebrew board.. sounds like fun :)
Later.
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4:31 p.m.
New subject: 6502 OSes? (was OS/9 and software for the 6809)
Philip Pemberton wrote:
What I would REALLY like is something similar to OS/9,
but for the 6502.
Whilst being commercial software, the nice thing about OS-9 seems to be that
it's pretty well documented and a lot of the internal workings are detailed.
You may find that writing a clone isn't *that* hard I suppose.
cheers
Jules
4 Dec
4 Dec
9:18 a.m.
New subject: 6502 OSes? (was OS/9 and software for the 6809)
What language is it written in?
Gil
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Subject: Re: 6502 OSes? (was OS/9 and software for the 6809)
Philip Pemberton wrote:
What I would REALLY like is something similar to
OS/9, but
for the 6502.
Whilst being commercial software, the nice thing about OS-9
seems to be that it's pretty well documented and a lot of the
internal workings are detailed.
You may find that writing a clone isn't *that* hard I suppose.
cheers
Jules
3 Dec
3 Dec
5:20 p.m.
New subject: 6502 OSes? (was OS/9 and software for the 6809)
I have the same problem. I've got a nice little
homebrew 8MHz 6502-based
micro sitting next to me with an EPROM emulator hooked up. I've got EhBASIC
running on it, now I'm stuck in a "Now what? Write a DOS?" situation.
EhBASIC?
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11:03 p.m.
New subject: 6502 OSes? (was OS/9 and software for the 6809)
In message <200512040120.RAA12490 at floodgap.com>
Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote:
<http://themotionstore.com/leeedavison/6502/ehbasic/>
Later.
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I have the
same problem. I've got a nice little homebrew 8MHz 6502-based
micro sitting next to me with an EPROM emulator hooked up. I've got EhBASIC
running on it, now I'm stuck in a "Now what? Write a DOS?" situation.
EhBASIC?
12 Jan
12 Jan
7:18 a.m.
New subject: Phone system simulator
A while back there were some questions about a simulator for a phone network. There is one
on eBay:
5850959638
HTH,
Gil
(offline)
A. G. (Gil) Carrick, Director
The Museum at CSE
University of Texas at Arlington
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Box 19015, 471 S Cooper Street
Arlington, TX 76019
817-272-3620
http://www.cse.uta.edu/TheMuseum at CSE/
5 Dec
5 Dec
1:05 a.m.
New subject: 6502 OSes? (was OS/9 and software for the 6809)
Am 4 Dec 2005 0:24 meinte Philip Pemberton:
In message <001801c5f835$21bac2d0$0401010a at
jfcl.com>
"Robert Armstrong" <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:
> I know there was at one time an OS/9 for the 6809 - does anybody know the
> status of that today? Is there other software for the 6809 floating around
> these days?
What I would REALLY like is something similar to OS/9,
but for the 6502.
Maybe try that one:
http://www.6502.org/users/andre/osa/
H.
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