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by Jo Even
Wed Feb 14, 2018 11:23 am
Forum: Assembly
Topic: online Z80 assembler
Replies: 10
Views: 23878

Re: online Z80 assembler

mz-80a wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:29 amI was going to look into making some sort of IDE for MZ (which also tacks the MZF file header on the front of the object code) at some point. A future project maybe.
Something like this already exists:

https://www.z88dk.org/wiki/doku.php?id=platform:sharpmz
by Jo Even
Wed Feb 14, 2018 10:53 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Question: how to use a mouse on MZ-800 ?
Replies: 9
Views: 12190

Re: Question: how to use a mouse on MZ-800 ?

Will not happen :D
by Jo Even
Wed Feb 14, 2018 10:32 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Question: how to use a mouse on MZ-800 ?
Replies: 9
Views: 12190

Re: Question: how to use a mouse on MZ-800 ?

I have SymbOS on my CPC6128 with dual floppydrives and 640Kb RAM. It is indeed very impressive.
by Jo Even
Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:33 am
Forum: Emulation
Topic: idea: custom keyboard for MZ emulation
Replies: 7
Views: 14739

Re: idea: custom keyboard for MZ emulation

This is one of the reasons why I rarely use emulators. Yes, it looks right when looking at the screen. But the keyboard is wrong and feels wrong. You don't handle tapes and disks. It's just not the same without the real hardware.
by Jo Even
Wed Feb 14, 2018 7:53 am
Forum: Emulation
Topic: MZ-80K core for MiST
Replies: 1
Views: 6463

MZ-80K core for MiST

Not really an emulator, but very interesting:

https://github.com/Gehstock/Mist_FPGA/t ... Z-80K_MiST

I have a MiST, maybe I should try this core :)
by Jo Even
Wed Feb 14, 2018 7:51 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Question: how to use a mouse on MZ-800 ?
Replies: 9
Views: 12190

Re: Question: how to use a mouse on MZ-800 ?

I guess this would be similar to using mouse on other 8-bits, like the MSX. Polling is required there too. Maybe have a look at the SymbOS source code and see how it's done.

Btw. the MZ-800 would be a great target for SymbOS :)
by Jo Even
Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:19 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: 80 columns on MZ700
Replies: 12
Views: 17625

Re: 80 columns on MZ700

Maybe you can get detailed information for the 700 interface from John Edwards / SUC? I searched the SUC magazines but I only found a hint in 1992 (or was it 1990?) that such card is in the development by the SUC. No more information until 1995. Suddenly such card appears for selling for 15 UKP. St...
by Jo Even
Fri Feb 09, 2018 4:27 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: 80 columns on MZ700
Replies: 12
Views: 17625

Re: 80 columns on MZ700

Thanks for the info. It looks like the K&P interface is the most realistic option, as it's quite easy to reimplement it. However, I would need disk drives as well then to use BASIC.
by Jo Even
Fri Feb 09, 2018 4:18 pm
Forum: Emulation
Topic: idea: custom keyboard for MZ emulation
Replies: 7
Views: 14739

Re: idea: custom keyboard for MZ emulation

These keyboards are really good, a colleague of mine has one. They are a bit pricey, but mechanical keyboards usually are.
by Jo Even
Thu Feb 08, 2018 2:29 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [MZ-700] SDLEP-READER: TEASER!
Replies: 5
Views: 7028

Re: [MZ-700] SDLEP-READER: TEASER!

Yes, it needs a more userfriendly user interface, but that is pretty easy to do with the Arduino. There are many displays and libraries that are really easy to use.