Re: [M100] NDC800 conversion was Re: dual CPU project

2020-07-25 Thread Gary Weber
Hi Stephen, A good challenge, indeed.. Not 100% certain I'm up for it but I'll give it a look! Send me those mods if you would. Probably the best approach would be to make the same optimization to the display code that you did for the M100. My prior attempts at clearing 200 bytes in the

Re: [M100] NDC800 conversion was Re: dual CPU project

2020-07-24 Thread C.Magaret
I agree, it’s fabulously mind-boggling. The recent activity alone on this list has been inspiring. CAM -- C.A. Magaret Sent from my newfangled mobile technogizmo. Please forgive any typos, inelegant brevity, or nonsensical auto-corrections. > On Jul 24, 2020, at 17:07, Chris Fezzler

Re: [M100] NDC800 conversion was Re: dual CPU project

2020-07-24 Thread Chris Fezzler
My head is spinning with the innovation taking place here the last 10 years. On Friday, July 24, 2020, 03:59:21 PM EDT, Stephen Adolph wrote: yah I think so. It is only slightly larger than the 40 pin socket.  should drop it place. I can share the mods I made to the M100 ROM.  You

Re: [M100] NDC800 conversion was Re: dual CPU project

2020-07-24 Thread Joshua O'Keefe
> On Jul 24, 2020, at 12:59 PM, Stephen Adolph wrote: > I have a patch that creates a BIG HOLE my patch makes something like 170 > bytes free in the ROM. Can I just take a moment to express appreciation for being in a community where 170 bytes is a "BIG HOLE?" Because I love that.

Re: [M100] NDC800 conversion was Re: dual CPU project

2020-07-24 Thread John Gardner
...I found an optimization in how the video code worked... Wow. Good show Steve! OK, Gary - Let's see your stuff... "8) ...

Re: [M100] NDC800 conversion was Re: dual CPU project

2020-07-24 Thread Stephen Adolph
yah I think so. It is only slightly larger than the 40 pin socket. should drop it place. I can share the mods I made to the M100 ROM. You might have a hard time to get a working ROM for NEC. The reason why is that, on the M100 ROM, I have a patch that creates a BIG HOLE. I found an optimization

Re: [M100] NDC800 conversion was Re: dual CPU project

2020-07-24 Thread Gary Weber
Great news! Question for you: I know the dual-CPU board doesn't physically fit into the socket space in the NEC machines, but would your single NSC800 adapter fit just fine? Gary On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 7:38 PM Stephen Adolph wrote: > > Update. > I have refined my NSC800 aka Z80 conversion for

Re: [M100] NDC800 conversion was Re: dual CPU project

2020-07-24 Thread Bruce H McIntosh
On 7/23/20 10:38 PM, Stephen Adolph wrote: Update. I have refined my NSC800 aka Z80 conversion for M100 somewhat. ... One thing that would be nice, is a new version of tsdos that avoids all the special 80c85 opcodescompatible with 8080.  Then it could run on z80 as well. Even a

[M100] NDC800 conversion was Re: dual CPU project

2020-07-23 Thread Stephen Adolph
Update. I have refined my NSC800 aka Z80 conversion for M100 somewhat. I now have a very simple adapter board that converts the 80c85 socket to accept NSC800. Small and simple. Plug and play. The main rom needs to change to a patched version that I have. To do so, you need to use one of the