Kiwi - a 68k Homebrew Computer

Really nice, Steve. Thanks for sharing this!
What I wonder: Would it be hard to replace the PIC with an Atmega? Thus I would need only one Flash programmer and could re-use the Atmels which lay around here.

Ok, I will keep that in mind when I rework the SAVE routine of the BASIC. Maybe we should add the date/time functions.

Hi Marvin,

fantastic!
Do you know if the FAT library makes use of the time/date functions? We should try to pimp the BASIC to be able to give some arguments to the programs. You already missed them for Frotz and I missed them when I wrote a little copy program...

Simon

Great Marvin! Thank you for that. It works perfectly. The quick&dirty BASIC program I used was rather terrible compared to this...

Simon

Hello,

I've ported the latest available EhBASIC to Kiwi. It's version 3.52. The screen-/load- and save routines are exactly the same as 3.22, but the BASIC itself got some improvments. Feel free to test the new EhBASIC and report bugs in this thread. Atm I am already aware of a buggy SAVE...

Simon

Today, we got the sad news that Lee passed away at the age of 49 last year.
His contribution to the community is outstanding. Thank you, Lee!
Our thoughts are with you and your family.

Simon

Hi, here is a Basic program to set the time and date. It's not comfortable yet, but it works. You have to modify lines 80-140 to the actual time. 10 RTC=$3dfc00 : rem RTC72421 base address 20 S1=0:S10=1*2:MI1=2*2:MI10=3*2:H1=4*2:H10=5*2:D1=6*2:D10=7*2:MO1=8*2:MO10=9*2 30 Y1=10*2:Y10=11*2:W=12*2:CD=1...

Hello,

when it comes to GFX coding, one wants to convert existing GFX sooner or later. With the attached MSX Viewer 5 beta 14 you can convert existing pictures to any V9990 supported format.
Here you find a tutorial if you need it.

Simon

You're welcome, Marvin. I'm glad you have a Kiwi now. Have fun with the little bird. He needs much attention now.
Nice photos by the way. It makes me happy to see other Kiwis coming to life.

Great to see your Kiwi running!

I wish I could do that. If I would sell a ready device instead of a kit I would have to follow EMC, CE, and other regulations. This is much behind my financial limit.

Simon