> On 29 Oct 2017, at 17:14, Jim Brain via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > In case anyone has a fondness for niche tech... > > At VCF-SE this year, the TI folks had a great exhibit, and perusing it I saw > an unfamiliar machine, the TI CC-40 (Compact Computer-40). While I was > investigating, the exhibitor (MillipedeMan aka Mark), told me the machines > were frustrating to use, as TI only supported one communications method on > the unit, a proprietary protocol called HexBus, and produced very low > quantities of very few peripherals that work on the bus. Most frustratingly, > they never producing a mass storage device in any appreciable quantity, and > there was no other way to save programs written on the unit. > > Mark did note there was an eBay seller liquidating units, so I bought a 2 > unit combo from eBay before I left the show. > > Sadly, Summer happened, but I was finally able to get to the unit, and > started working on an SD-based mass storage device for the unit. It was an > interesting journey to learn a new protocol. > > The (development in progress) result is HEX-TI-r, the HexBus SD drive: > > GitHub source code is here: https://github.com/go4retro/HEXTIr > > Video of unit operating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX5ahVCRdvM > > I don't have a project page up yet, but will work on that.
Wow! Many years ago I bought a CC-40 on ebay for pennies, boxed NOS. I forgot about it for over a decade and found it again recently looking for other things, this could be an excuse to get it out and see if it still works :) Cheers, — Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs - Celebrating Computing History from 1972 onwards
