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.
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.
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
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...
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.
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.