-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Lynch [mailto:lynchaj at
yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 10:20 PM
To: 'cctalk at classiccmp.org'
Subject: N8VEM "twofer" special
http://classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2009-September/277024.html
Jim asked for some photos of the mini-N8VEM v8. Here is James web page
that details the information on the mini-N8VEM SBC.
http://smarthome.viviti.com/build
I hope this helps. Thanks and have a nice day!
Andrew Lynch
[AJL>]
Jim,
There is a complete set of mini-N8VEM v8 files in this directory on the
N8VEM wiki. James designed the mini-N8VEM using the N8VEM SBC as a guide
but to more reflect his personal design goals. The two systems are
compatible but the SBCs are quite different. I think James did a great job
and I use my mini-N8VEM SBC all the time. It has a lot of advantages over
the original N8VEM SBC especially as stand alone board.
http://n8vem-sbc.pbworks.com/browse/#view=ViewFolder¶m=Mini%20N8VEM…
les
There are a number of what I would consider associated N8VEM projects or
even "spin offs" mini-N8VEM being one of them. There is another SBC project
in the UK using the N8VEM SBC design, etc. Also builders designed the DSKY
as debug/monitor front panel type device. Again, a great project and I use
it all the time. Another builder made the PockeTerm which I also use daily
alongside the N8VEM project and so on. Making a frame work for home brew
computing project is the whole point of the N8VEM project so I am 100%
supporting these associated projects.
Much of the development recently on the N8VEM project has been for adding
full floppy drive capability in CP/M. We've been testing an improved CBIOS
that supports the floppy drive. It is fully functional now and there is an
optimized one in testing. With deblocking support and head seek
optimizations it is *much* faster and works really well. The new version is
on the wiki in the DiskIO folder for testing. The performance increase with
the floppy drives, IDE and ATAPI devices is really quite remarkable.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Andrew Lynch