Re: New VDU Software

[brizza <nbri...@optusnet.com.au>]

Thanks for the clarification! Yes the monitor is working well. I
purchased it on Ebay a few years back for a couple of bucks but i
think it had a rough ride in the post, the transformer portion of the
PCB snapped off the main board. But i was able to mend it.
Thanks again for you Great work!
Nik.

On Nov 8, 12:55 pm, Dan Werner <dwe...@dpcpipe.com> wrote:
> For the time being, that is all it is supposed to do.   It currently
> makes the N8VEM work like pocket term.   In my case I have it
> connected to a PC, and I have a PC script that sends data to the
> program that verifies that the emulation is working correctly.   Using
> the VDU with CP/M is the next step (hopefully quite soon now.)
>
> Dan
>
> On Nov 7, 7:46 pm, brizza <nbri...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Hi Dan,
> > Thanks, That's great ! i have posted an image of the startup screen in
> > the google files area.
> > Something must be wrong with my setup though.  The startup screen
> > works but when i enter terminal mode the screen clears and leaves a
> > blinking cursor and the keyboard output just goes to my pocketerm. I
> > guess i have a conflict somewhere ? What setup are you using?
> > Regards,
> > Nik
>
> > On Nov 8, 10:53 am, Dan Werner <dwe...@dpcpipe.com> wrote:
>
> > > I just uploaded VDUTERM.ASM into the VDU folder.   This program allows
> > > your n8vem + vdu card to become a VT-52 dumb terminal.  The purpose of
> > > this program is to be a test bed for an internal vt-52 driver for CP/M
> > > and the N8VEM.
>
> > > A few notes:
>
> > > * The emulation is not quite complete yet
>
> > > * The code is nowhere near optimal yet;
> > >        . . . . ok, it is not even readable,  in fact, don't even look
> > > at it, it very well might cause insanity! :-)
>
> > > * LOTS of code cleanup is needed before the work of creating a
> > > "driver" for cbios is started
>
> > > * All of the printer code is missing yet.
>
> > > My goal is to get the emulation in this program correct, then put the
> > > code in the rom image.   We can then write a cbios CBIOS that will
> > > change to the rom page and execute this code when the CBIOS console
> > > and printer IO routines are called.
>
> > > I also uploaded ek-vt5x-op-001.pdf into the VDU folder.   This is the
> > > VT-52 manual, and is the reference point for the vt-52 emulation.- Hide quoted text -
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