Hello John, I second the preference the others have for the serial port. Less clutter on the desk (one screen and keyboard less if you have a laptop) and allows for xmodem, PC logging and additional peripherals to be connected in the future.
Fabio B. On Sep 9, 2015 21:34, "monahanz" <[email protected]> wrote: > Guys, I thinking of trying to solve the chicken/egg problem by doing a > single Z80 based S100 board that would contain 64K RAM, EEPROM, PS/2 > keyboard input as well as a host of indicator LED's and jumpers to > deactivate ROM/RAM keyboard etc. one at a time as other boards are added to > get new people started on the S100 bus. > > The only part I'm not sure of is what to do about console output/video. > Was thinking of using the basic Propeller Console IO circuit > > http://s100computers.com/My%20System%20Pages/Console%20IO%20Board/Console%20IO%20Board.htm > > but this requires programming its two wire serial EEPROM with Parallaxes > software and USB adaptor/software. Do you think that is outside the range > capability of most > newcomers. Alternatively we could go with a straight serial output to some > dumb terminal IBM PC terminal emulator. Open also to other suggestions. > > John > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "N8VEM-S100" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
