To the electronic "wizards" here
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:43 pm
I have been away from the retro-computing "scene" (Dragon/Amstrad) for some years now, and I'm amazed to see all the various new hardware that's been developed for both my computers at heart. Really??? ... we have the possibility to use micro-SD for storage now, using the uDW made by Tormod? That's just amazing.
I have also been checking up the "dark side", aka. Amstrad CPC, and the progress made in hardware development at that front, and this wonderful thing came to my attention:
http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc ... cpc-board/
If you don't want to read through the entire thread, here's a short summary:
It's a new Amstrad CPC motherboard, with a new form factor, and many built in enhancements like expansion ports, floppy controller etc etc. You can easily swap ROMS, use various mass-storage devices, and the new expansion ports are fully documented, so that you can easily make your own expansion devices. But best of all, you can fit the thing in a reasonably sized case, hook it up to your monitor, power supply and PC-keyboard!
and here's a YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Iymj_V_aY
What if....
I'm dreaming of a redesigned Dragon board that could be fitted inside a ITX or mini-ATX case, with cartridge-, parallel-, RS232-, joystic-, monitor, and tape ports. Maybe the floppy controller, the uDW could be "built in"?
Is this even possible, a Dragon stacked on top of your Mac-Mini or Intel NUC?
Tom
I have also been checking up the "dark side", aka. Amstrad CPC, and the progress made in hardware development at that front, and this wonderful thing came to my attention:
http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc ... cpc-board/
If you don't want to read through the entire thread, here's a short summary:
It's a new Amstrad CPC motherboard, with a new form factor, and many built in enhancements like expansion ports, floppy controller etc etc. You can easily swap ROMS, use various mass-storage devices, and the new expansion ports are fully documented, so that you can easily make your own expansion devices. But best of all, you can fit the thing in a reasonably sized case, hook it up to your monitor, power supply and PC-keyboard!
and here's a YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Iymj_V_aY
What if....
I'm dreaming of a redesigned Dragon board that could be fitted inside a ITX or mini-ATX case, with cartridge-, parallel-, RS232-, joystic-, monitor, and tape ports. Maybe the floppy controller, the uDW could be "built in"?
Is this even possible, a Dragon stacked on top of your Mac-Mini or Intel NUC?
Tom