ZXmore - infos & updates

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msellan
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Re: ZXmore - infos & updates

Post by msellan »

Hi Karl,

I too am not in any rush, but I wanted to let you know I'm also interested in a ZXmore someday in case keeping track of the number of people interested in one is at all helpful. :)

Best,

-mark
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Re: ZXmore - infos & updates

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Yes! I am waiting too for many months now. Please let us know when they will be ready for sale. Assembled preferred.

Thanks for your good work on this.

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Well - guess what this might be. 8-)
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Post by jamirandar »

No idea!

Are you cooking ZXmore inside? ;-)

Please, reserve one for me!

Regards!

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With what looks like two 5.25 inch floppy drives and a PSU section, I hope the ZXMore that I think it contains is not being cooked :lol:

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Well - it is in relation to ZXmore but not in that way you think.
This is my development system to get the CP/M to the ZXmore.
This is a Z80 based PROF-80 system borrowed from a friend for testing and adapting software. ;)
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As ZXblast will not need too much attention in the moment (or very soon) this is the project I will do in the summer to keep the promise to realize CP/M on the ZXmore. Or at least I will hard try to do so but still think this is possible with some effort and ZXmore prepared to hold this feature. From time to time people ask me about that CP/M stuff and I must thank for all your patients but finally we need a signal to go. As this blocks some space in my workbench I will be remembered daily. 8-)

And yes - new ZXmore boards will come very soon, will post some picture here the next days.
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Yea!!
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So the new ZXmore (V1.2) is working in general and some modifications made to get it more integrated and some components mostly not used are left out to get it also some cheaper in the second release (10 EUR/USD or 10 GBP down I think). And I hope it's getting faster. There is the option to run it with 8 MHz instead of 6.5 but this feature is not completely tested out also some minor optimizations for the video part to do. But not far now to get the next batch available for sale. I am now off for the next 10 days and then it should be finished in a few days more, expected to be listed in the shop (SMR) in beginning of june officially. Keep your fingers crossed. 8-)

After this, the software part with CP/M follows immediately.
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Looks great. Can't wait...
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8MHz sounds really interesting! Possibility to run higher resolution, or more border to do more complex calcs for each line :D
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