[Coco] 6 Chip ^809 Computer -> Kipper SBC

Aaron Wolfe aawolfe at gmail.com
Thu Mar 12 19:02:04 EDT 2015


ROM would be the only convenient way I can imagine.  Doesnt need to be a
full implementation of dw in ROM, just the bare minimum for either an
operating system bootstrap or a rom based monitor console.  Both have been
written for the coco in the past.
On Mar 12, 2015 6:52 PM, "Joe Grubbs" <jsgrubbs at hotmail.com> wrote:

> This solution requires somehow getting the DW client on the SBC, correct?
> How would that be accomplished. Is ROM the only way?
>
>
> > Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:02:30 -0400
> > From: aawolfe at gmail.com
> > To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] 6 Chip ^809 Computer -> Kipper SBC
> >
> > DW allows for up to 30 multiplexed serial streams which are mapped to the
> > same number of TCP sockets on the server side.  A second serial port
> would
> > not be required.  You'd just use one of the streams as the console
> exactly
> > as the "headless" nitros9 disks do.
> >
> > This has the added benefit of being very small in memory use compared to
> > drivers for a video device and a real storage controller, which might be
> > critical in only 32k.  Drawback of needing a second computer to operate
> > your first computer, but unless youre using dumb terminals, chances are
> you
> > already needed a second computer.
> > On Mar 12, 2015 2:57 PM, "Mathieu Chouinard" <chouimat at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I like the idea of DW but will this need 2 serial ports?
> > > one for the console and the other one for DW?
> > > Mathieu
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Pere <psergm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > > I love the idea of building a minimal 6-Chip 6309 computer, the only
> > > thing I
> > > > would prefer on it is the USB-TTL because that way we could use
> > > > Drivewire4, it would not be too difficult, even without HDB-DOS,
> using
> > > > Tormod's DWLOAD, so we could have plenty of room to save/load
> programs.
> > > > And the server could be any microcontroller board, no PC mandatory.
> > > >
> > > > To me, it would be nice to be able to add various (buffered) add-ons
> to
> > > the
> > > > Keeper-Bus.
> > > > That way every user could make his little child grow as much as
> he/she
> > > wants
> > > > ... Luis' WordPak2+, Keyboard-Video, MMU and anything we could
> devise.
> > > >
> > > > The point that is more restrictive here is the fact that the RS-232
> eats
> > > up
> > > > too many addresses, if only it could be confined to FF4x (for
> instance),
> > > > that would be
> > > > a great improvement to free a lot of space to populate the board
> with 64K
> > > > instead of just 32K, making things easier for Nitros-9 and the like.
> > > >
> > > > I don't want to slow down the developing, just wanted to tell you
> all my
> > > > thoughts about that project... I have already ordered one.
> > > >
> > > > cheers
> > > > pere
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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