epaell wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2024 11:16 am I've managed to get it to run with multi-user and multi-tasking now (after adding another serial card) ... I'm just waiting for another PIA to arrive in the mail so I can demonstrate it better

Ooh! Yes Please!

Oh, this thread is Gold!

djrm wrote: Mon Aug 26, 2024 10:51 am Warning sign on my office door - beware blinkenlights ...

Ha! Love it!

OS-9 Level 1 running on the MECB 6809 and all its multitasking goodness :-)

I just realised I didn't make enough of a hoolabuloo over this, This is an Awesome achievement!! I was hoping an OS9 of some flavour would make its way over here - still not gutsy enough to bring my own cf card reader ...

Thx Greg, that's a nice series - just watched the first vid. That F256K system is interesting if not a bit expensive, but I did notice the cpu addon a 6809/6803 with the pin-out of a 65c02.

Yes, I've been following the F256K evolution for some time. Mainly because of the FNX6809 CPU option ...

Perhaps also with a warning label:

ACHTUNG!
ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENSPEEPERS!
DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN!
ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND
POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKEN. IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI ...

Editor wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 1:44 am Your idea of an array of LED breakouts, does make me think of sticking maybe four of my 8-bit LED Things on a Prototype Card, to monitor the Address, Data, and Control bus signals. Lots of flashing lights!

LOL! That's exactly what I was thinking of!

epaell wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2024 5:45 am Of course, I could've edited the code on my Mac, cross-compiled it there and then transferred to the "system" for running ... but where would be the fun in that?

lol! Nice!

I put the kybd port footprint on the pcb just in case you didn't have my modified back-plane. Both got to the same pins so probably can't use both at the same time and neither can talk to a mouse, sorry.

The Work of Legends!

I'm in the middle of moving houses right now, so haven't been able to ...

Michael wrote: Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:30 am I guess I'll be taking another look at KiCAD ...

KiCAD is pretty awesome these days, I can get excellent submissions for JLCPCB, PCBWay, etc without any problems at their end.