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Just a question, suppose I manage to connect the I2C RTC internally, wouldn't be there some issues with the printer port if I connect a printer or a joystick adapter to it ? Yes that is true unfortunately. The I2C module would be ok as that would wait for specific addressing, but not sure how other...

Yeah, so I guess the only way to fit a RTC internally is by using the DS1216E... Not quite. I have managed to connect an a I2C RTC module via the printer port to the oric. Topic is here : http://forum.defence-force.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2054 I dont think it would be hard to mount the moudule ...

I did enjoy watching the video, in fact I watched another 2 right after. That one was where you compared galaxian on the 2600 to Attack of the Timelords on an Oddessy-2 (which I have no knowledge of). If you liked attack of the timelord then I would recommend "The Ultra" by PSS software fo...

ibisum wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:54 pm I mean, smaller HIRES regions could be used for icons, mixed with TEXT through the 50/60hz attributes, also, no?

Yes, anything that can be displayd on an oric can be transfered so theoretically possible.

At the moment a full page of text takes about a second to transfer and Hires about 4 seconds.

It will speed up a little once I get the timings squeezed, at the moment I'm concentrating on accuracy, but I doubt hires streaming would be possible other than as a picture viewer.

Minor Update. Since its been a while since I last posted. Current state of play is :- Working on a telnet client over wifi and bbs connection. I have the 2 way comms working over wifi between the Oric and my PC running Mystic BBS locally. Still lots of bugs, and the Oric display gets corrupted easil...

... and because I needed a terminal program for Oric I wrote my own - OTRM or "Oric TeRMinal" in attached OTRM.dsk.zip It works in Oricutron but you have to set in Oricutron.cfg file: serial = 'modem' serial_address = $31c After boot you cat type: atd telehack.com to connect to a telnet s...

Minor update to I2CCload.tap and source. Fixed the loading of basic programs over wifi. The load routine now sets the variables and arrays pointers at $9c/d and $9e/f to be after the and of the basic program. Without this the basic starts at $501 and the variables at $503 which means on first run th...

There are now a couple of new files on github https://github.com/BadgeOric/Oric-I2C I2CCload.tap along with I2CCload.s (the source) and Socket_Client.exe I2CCload loads high into memory ($9400) and set the "!" extension vector. Socket_Client is a small windows app that connects to the wifi...

ibisum wrote: ↑Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:54 am Pretty soon I'm going to give this a try - but I'll use the PlatformIO IDE. Heard of it yet?

No, I hadnt heard of it, but looks interesting.

Will certainly give it a try.

I was intending to do a write up of how to setup the ESP8266 module for use with the Arduino IDE but someone has done a pretty good instructable that can be found here https://www.instructables.com/id/Quick-Start-to-Nodemcu-ESP8266-on-Arduino-IDE/ All I would add is that if you don't already have th...

If you are willing to share the schematics and any needed software, and it is, as I expect, a simple circuit, I could ask for help designing the PCB and even building a small batch. I am more than willing to share everthing. At the moment everything is in its basic proof of concept form. The code f...

I probably misunderstood something, but I thought this device plugged in the printer board, thus not interfering with a disc unit. As it stand tt does connect to the printer port. The expansion port is left free for anything else. The module is essentially an arduino, so has lots of extra I/O pins ...

Wow, nice work! Yeah, its a long shot, but I need to ask - is there any opportunity for us to add this hardware feature to the Cumana Reborn, by any chance? Maybe there's a spare pin onboard that could be used? I can only imagine how cool it'd be to have a Cumana with WiFi capabilities .. I dont se...

AND ITS SOLVED!!!!!! :D Its always something silly. The terminal client (RealTerm) I was using to send over wifi was set to telnet mode which split bytes less than #10 into 2 bytes so a #0a would be sent as #0 and then #A. Setting this ro RAW mode solved this. So now the wifi transfer of a hires pic...