Re: Captain Video
There are two forms of CP/M experience:
Small, slow and cramped typical of early floppies of 120 and 241K size.
High performance using fast large media (hard disks, IDE, CF, SD).
The bulk of CP/M
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ajparent1/kb1gmx
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Re: Captain Video
Not a fan of TMS9918, hard to get too.
As I have a large collection of CP/M base systems...
S100 several... (Altair, NorthStar, Compupro)
AmproLB+
Kaypro 2 and also 4/84
DEC VT180 (z80 board +
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ajparent1/kb1gmx
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#81
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Re: Captain Video
Richard Cini wrote:
I've used PLDs in other designs for clients. They certainly reduce the parts count, and are good for "get it out the door quick" projects. They're great for commercial products
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Lee Hart
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#80
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Re: Captain Video
I do like the VID design, but here are a few things I thought of:
If you don’t have an aversion to using a PLD, a small GAL like a 16V8 might be useful for decoding and would still be
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Richard Cini
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#79
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Re: An idea!
Hi Mark,
Thanks for checking your stock.? I will let Lee contact you off line, since he's the one who stocks and kits the kits.
I believe I can say "kits the kits"... both a verb and noun right??
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joshbensadon
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#78
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Re: An idea!
Actually, I'm already doing a re-spin of the product, to make it more environmentally robust, use a better A-D converter (the one I'm using now has caused many problems), and fully isolate an RS-485
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Mark Moulding
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#77
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Re: An idea!
Actually, I'm already using the MAX7219, because it does save so much work and there are easily-available libraries to drive it.? The reason I liked the display I'm using is that it's the right size
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Mark Moulding
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#76
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Re: An idea!
Mark,??
Can your product handle an 85mm wide display?? Here's what is very popular and inexpensive on ebay.8 digit, bright blue display (unlike the hard to read red displays), with MAX7219 chip to
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joshbensadon
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#75
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Re: An idea!
Hi Mark,
They are definitely a cute display.? But they are just about the only kind of display that fits inside the Altoids tin.? Does your product need to be small?? Perhaps before the 1100 are
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joshbensadon
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#74
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Re: An idea!
Mark Moulding wrote:
Hi Mark,
Aha! So THAT's where they all went! When we designed the badge, I ordered a couple hundred for the VCFMW show and follow-on orders. These were quickly gone; but when I
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Lee Hart
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#73
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Re: An idea!
smmccown@... wrote:
I bought them on ebay. No data sheet or manufacturer's name. It's marked 72R02PHIL, date code T9718.
Lee Hart
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A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there
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Lee Hart
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Re: Captain Video
Richard Cini wrote:
Thanks Rich,
Designing video was "hard" back in the 70s/80s, so there were lots of specialized controller chips for people eager to get something out the door quickly. The
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Lee Hart
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#71
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Re: Captain Video
Found this...
https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/7087/what-video-chips-video-generation-techniques-are-usable-for-the-z80
The 9958 is a weird DIP packaging so maybe the 9918. The
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Richard Cini
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#70
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Re: An idea!
Hi Lee,
Do you have a datasheet or part number for the replacement LED display?? I would like to read about it.
Thanks, Steve
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Steve McCown
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#69
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Re: An idea!
Lee, I probably caused the availability problem with the original display you were using.? I found that to be a really neat display, so I designed it into a specialized low-volume product I produce
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Mark Moulding
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#68
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Re: Captain Video
I was thinking in the context of bang-for-buck more so than the Woz kind of challenge. Most video designs I’ve seen (post Don) use a CRTC like the 6845 or something close. I think they need too many
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Richard Cini
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Captain Video
Richard Cini wrote:
Of course I can. *Any* modern micro can generate video. For that matter, there are many little boards I can buy that do it all for me. Nothing to design, no software to write. But
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Lee Hart
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#66
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Re: An idea!
Lee --
I know decidedly unvintage, but you can use an ATMEGA88 as a composite color video chip. I use it on my 6502 SBC. It needs an oscillator (16MHz), two resistors, the chip and an RCA jack (or
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Richard Cini
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#65
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Re: An idea!
ajparent1/kb1gmx wrote:
Hi Allison,
It's alive; just sleepy. Too many distractions, I guess. Let me see... what have I been doing with the Z80MC lately?
1. The 7-digit LED display has become hard to
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Lee Hart
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#64
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Re: An idea!
I attached a picture (not sure if the forum software allows it, but let’s give it a shot). I think there was a thread on this a while ago, but basically it’s two parts.
First, a 2000mAH LiPo
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Richard Cini
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#63
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