[Coco] Need to Port NitrOS-9 6x09 L2 to N8VEM's New 6x0x Board

[Joel Ewy]

On 11/26/2013 11:01 PM, Kip Koon wrote:
> Hi Nick!
> N8VEM designs PCBs for many types of 8-bit microprocessor computers from
> yesteryear using the Eurocard 3U & now 6U formats which has the dimensions
> of 100mm x 160mm and 233mm x 160mm respectively using as much technology
> from that era as possible.  [snip...]
> Altair and SWTPC had  a 6800 version in their 8-bit computer lines for a
> number of years before the 6809 came out.  Many people still like Flex and
> UniFlex as opposed to OS-9 in addition to CP/M and DOS.  I cut my teeth on
> DOS systems for many years myself.  I still remember what the function keys
> do in DOS!  My OS of choice these days is NitrOS-9 6809 L2 and that is why
> I'd like to see it ported to this new PCB hence my excitement about the
> project.
> N8VEM has many retro type computer designs to pick from for the many guys
> who enjoy revisiting their youth when computers were young and so were their
> builders' knowledge.  I'm definitely one of them.  :)  I use to drool over
> the Altair and SWTPC ads many times.  Take care my friends.
> Kip
Hey Kip,

Do you know what kind of hardware they're hooking up to that thing? I 
haven't found the schematics yet.  If they use a 6821, a 6850, or the 
same floppy controller that's used in the SWTPC, then maybe some of the 
source code from the SWTPCEmu disk images would come in handy in the 
porting effort.  I would love to build one of these myself. I've 
actually been subscribed to N8VEM for a few years, but haven't paid 
close attention recently and didn't know about this 6809 project till 
you posted about it here.

JCE


> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
> Behalf Of Nick Marentes
> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 2:38 PM
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Need to Port NitrOS-9 6x09 L2 to N8VEM's New 6x0x Board
>
> Kip Koon <computerdoc at ...> writes:
>
>> I agree.  I'll encourage them to do just that.  I don't think that
>> fact is as well known outside the Coco Community.  I read an email the
>> other day that sounded like someone had just found out about the 6309
>> in the N8VEM camp.  That is just one person though.  Someone else
>> stated that he had been using 6309s for a while now in the original
>> 6x0x 3-PCB Mezzanine
> stand-alone
>> setup, so knowledge of the 6309 is getting around.  Hopefully the 6309
>> will catch on with the N8VEM 6x0x boards like it has with our beloved
> Coco.
>
>
> Just found out about the 6309?! Where have they been the last 20 years?!
>
> If that's the case, they may want to be intruduced to the CoCo3.
>
> And what's with the 6802? Why not just go for a dual 6309?
>
> Personally, an FPGA or a PIC32 is probably a better way to go for the entire
> design.
>
> Nick
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