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by stephen_usher
Thu Dec 14, 2023 9:59 am
Forum: Compatibles Corner
Topic: OPD: Computer One floppy interface recreation.
Replies: 26
Views: 19176

Re: OPD: Computer One floppy interface recreation.

He obviously lost the board he was sent then. That's a different board layout to the one in the article on the RWAP web site too. Maybe the one on there was the issue 1. I'm guessing that it is one and the same Adder, not that that would be any real help. I never had the C1 board - the none working...
by stephen_usher
Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:36 pm
Forum: Compatibles Corner
Topic: OPD: Computer One floppy interface recreation.
Replies: 26
Views: 19176

Re: OPD: Computer One floppy interface recreation.

He obviously lost the board he was sent then.

That's a different board layout to the one in the article on the RWAP web site too. Maybe the one on there was the issue 1.

I'm guessing that it is one and the same Adder, not that that would be any real help.
by stephen_usher
Wed Dec 13, 2023 7:07 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: QIMSI
Replies: 105
Views: 43293

Re: QIMSI

Gah! My distypia strikes again! Sorry Dilwyn. I'm constantly transposing character in my postings and having to go back time and again to fix, even after re-reading.

(Original post fixed.)
by stephen_usher
Wed Dec 13, 2023 7:05 pm
Forum: Compatibles Corner
Topic: OPD: Computer One floppy interface recreation.
Replies: 26
Views: 19176

OPD: Computer One floppy interface recreation.

As some of you may have seen I'm attempting to produce a recreation of the Computer One floppy interface for the One Per Desk/Tonto. The good: I've reverse engineered the schematic from the information on the RWAP web site. I've got the Mk.I PCBs arriving on Friday. I've got all the chips and other ...
by stephen_usher
Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:16 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: QIMSI
Replies: 105
Views: 43293

Re: QIMSI

For those who have Trump Cards and need proper directories now that you have a large storage device, I can confirm that the version 2.19 ROM image on the Dilwyn archive works on the original hardware and gives you them.
by stephen_usher
Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:20 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: New microdrive internal replacement
Replies: 147
Views: 1025154

Re: New microdrive internal replacement

You don't really need a PCB. My first version was a bit of vero board, a 14 pin socket and some bodge wires.

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by stephen_usher
Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:01 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: New microdrive internal replacement
Replies: 147
Views: 1025154

Re: New microdrive internal replacement

Another option (my prefer one that even I could try it), is to use one GPIO port (analog) to reproduce the sounds :) Directly to a speaker. So... no need more than one component (the speaker), the footprint and lines on the Board to make it easier for everyone, and to make some modifications on the...
by stephen_usher
Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:02 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: New microdrive internal replacement
Replies: 147
Views: 1025154

Re: New microdrive internal replacement

All you need is an ATTiny85 and a way to switch its power on and off using an output from the Pico. In the case of the vDrive I used the activity LED power to switch a transistor. The speaker is directly connected to two of the pins on the ATTiny85. Hum... not so simple as I thought. I think, Noel ...
by stephen_usher
Mon Dec 11, 2023 1:59 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: New microdrive internal replacement
Replies: 147
Views: 1025154

Re: New microdrive internal replacement

Side note: :) FPGA is a hardware emulator since it is not same than original. But... playing words and POVs. Just as much as a "NEC Z80" is a "hardware emulator" of a "Zilog Z80" because it's not the same than original? Well, if it were a "software defined process...
by stephen_usher
Mon Dec 11, 2023 11:41 am
Forum: General QL Chat
Topic: 999
Replies: 3
Views: 3720

Re: 999

999 - Emergency!