That is very, very impressive. Was that QL running a GoldCard? Is Minerva a requirement or will this thing support QDOS?
/Petri On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Miguel Angel Rodriguez Jodar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! I've working on it the last two weeks. The hardware is almost finished > (I may be switching to another, more capable, CPLD if the current one > doesn't fit all my needs). > > It's an external ROM board, with EPROM for firmware (to be written), CPLD > configured to act as an SPI interface, and a SD/MMC socket. Miscellaneous > electronics include an integrated oscillator (50MHz at present), and a 3.3V > LDO regulator. > > I'm finishing low-level routines so once they are well tested, I will move > on to the next software level (filesystem, driver access, etc). > > Until now, I present to you a demo of the read speed achieved with a > white-brand SD card, and a 640KB (should work on an unexpanded too) QL with > Minerva 1.98 . > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78xtsEKW4Lw > > This video is the last one uploaded to Youtube up to now. Previously I have > uploaded two more videos showing basic read tests using different speeds, > and comparing the results with the one obtained using a regular floppy > drive. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0XvKy8wb-g > > > -- > McLeod_IdeaFix (www.zxprojects.com) > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
