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RomWBW Introduction |
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Wayne Warthen (wwarthen@gmail.com) |
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22 Feb 2025 |
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24 Mar 2025 |
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A wide variety of platforms are supported including those produced by |
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these developer communities: |
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- RetroBrew Computers (https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org) |
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- RC2014 (https://rc2014.co.uk), |
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RC2014-Z80 (https://groups.google.com/g/rc2014-z80) |
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- Retro Computing (https://groups.google.com/g/retro-comp) |
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- Small Computer Central (https://smallcomputercentral.com/) |
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- RetroBrew Computers (https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org) |
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- RC2014 (https://rc2014.co.uk), |
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RC2014-Z80 (https://groups.google.com/g/rc2014-z80) |
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- Retro Computing (https://groups.google.com/g/retro-comp) |
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- Small Computer Central (https://smallcomputercentral.com/) |
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A complete list of the currently supported platforms is found in RomWBW |
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Hardware . |
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Supported hardware features of RomWBW include: |
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- Z80 Family CPUs including Z80, Z180, and Z280 |
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- Banked memory services for several banking designs |
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- Disk drivers for RAM, ROM, Floppy, IDE ATA/ATAPI, CF, SD, USB, Zip, |
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Iomega |
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- Serial drivers including UART (16550-like), ASCI, ACIA, SIO |
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- Video drivers including TMS9918, SY6545, MOS8563, HD6445 |
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- Keyboard (PS/2) drivers via VT8242 or PPI interfaces |
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- Real time clock drivers including DS1302, BQ4845 |
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- Support for CP/NET networking using Wiznet, MT011 or Serial |
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- Built-in VT-100 terminal emulation support |
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- Z80 Family CPUs including Z80, Z180, and Z280 |
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- Banked memory services for several banking designs |
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- Disk drivers for RAM, ROM, Floppy, IDE ATA/ATAPI, CF, SD, USB, Zip, |
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Iomega |
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- Serial drivers including UART (16550-like), ASCI, ACIA, SIO |
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- Video drivers including TMS9918, SY6545, MOS8563, HD6445 |
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- Keyboard (PS/2) drivers via VT8242 or PPI interfaces |
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- Real time clock drivers including DS1302, BQ4845 |
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- Support for CP/NET networking using Wiznet, MT011 or Serial |
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- Built-in VT-100 terminal emulation support |
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A dynamic disk drive letter assignment mechanism allows mapping |
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operating system drive letters to any available disk media. |
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Some of the included software: |
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- Operating Systems (CP/M 2.2, ZSDOS, NZ-COM, CP/M 3, ZPM3, Z3PLUS, |
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QPM ) |
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- Support for other operating systems, p-System, FreeRTOS, and FUZIX. |
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- Programming Tools (Z80ASM, Turbo Pascal, Forth, Cowgol) |
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- C Compiler’s including Aztec-C, and HI-TECH C |
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- Microsoft Basic Compiler, and Microsoft Fortran |
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- Some games such as Colossal Cave, Zork, etc |
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- Wordstar Word processing software |
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- Operating Systems (CP/M 2.2, ZSDOS, NZ-COM, CP/M 3, ZPM3, Z3PLUS, QPM |
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) |
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- Support for other operating systems, p-System, FreeRTOS, and FUZIX. |
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- Programming Tools (Z80ASM, Turbo Pascal, Forth, Cowgol) |
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- C Compiler’s including Aztec-C, and HI-TECH C |
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- Microsoft Basic Compiler, and Microsoft Fortran |
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- Some games such as Colossal Cave, Zork, etc |
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- Wordstar Word processing software |
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Some of the provided software can be launched directly from the ROM |
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firmware itself: |
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- System Monitor |
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- Operating Systems (CP/M 2.2, ZSDOS) |
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- ROM BASIC (Nascom BASIC and Tasty BASIC) |
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- ROM Forth |
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- System Monitor |
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- Operating Systems (CP/M 2.2, ZSDOS) |
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- ROM BASIC (Nascom BASIC and Tasty BASIC) |
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- ROM Forth |
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A tool is provided that allows you to access a FAT-12/16/32 filesystem. |
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The FAT filesystem may be coresident on the same disk media as RomWBW |
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@ -174,25 +174,24 @@ Documentation |
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There are several documents that form the core of the RomWBW |
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documentation: |
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- RomWBW User Guide is the main user guide for RomWBW, it covers the |
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major topics of how to install, manage and use RomWBW, and includes |
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additional guidance to the use of some of the operating systems |
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supported by RomWBW |
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- RomWBW User Guide is the main user guide for RomWBW, it covers the |
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major topics of how to install, manage and use RomWBW, and includes |
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additional guidance to the use of some of the operating systems |
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supported by RomWBW |
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- RomWBW Hardware contains a description of all the hardware |
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platforms, and devices supported by RomWBW. |
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- RomWBW Hardware contains a description of all the hardware platforms, |
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and devices supported by RomWBW. |
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- RomWBW Applications is a reference for the ROM-hosted and OS-hosted |
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applications created or customized to enhance the operation of |
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RomWBW. |
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- RomWBW Applications is a reference for the ROM-hosted and OS-hosted |
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applications created or customized to enhance the operation of RomWBW. |
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- RomWBW Disk Catalog is a reference for the contents of the disk |
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images provided with RomWBW, with a description of many of the files |
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on each image |
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- RomWBW Disk Catalog is a reference for the contents of the disk images |
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provided with RomWBW, with a description of many of the files on each |
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image |
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- RomWBW System Guide discusses much of the internal design and |
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construction of RomWBW. It includes a reference for the RomWBW HBIOS |
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API functions. |
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- RomWBW System Guide discusses much of the internal design and |
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construction of RomWBW. It includes a reference for the RomWBW HBIOS |
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API functions. |
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Each of the operating systems and ROM applications included with RomWBW |
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are sophisticated tools in their own right. It is not reasonable to |
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The best way to get assistance with RomWBW or any aspect of the |
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RetroBrew Computers projects is via one of the community forums: |
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- RetroBrew Computers Forum |
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- RC2014 Google Group |
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- retro-comp Google Group |
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- RetroBrew Computers Forum |
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- RC2014 Google Group |
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- retro-comp Google Group |
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Submission of issues and bugs are welcome at the RomWBW GitHub |
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Repository. |
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@ -244,110 +243,108 @@ RetroBrew Computers Community. I sincerely appreciate all of their |
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contributions. The list below is probably missing many names – please |
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let me know if I missed you! |
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- Andrew Lynch started it all when he created the N8VEM Z80 SBC which |
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became the first platform RomWBW supported. Some of his original |
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code can still be found in RomWBW. |
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- Andrew Lynch started it all when he created the N8VEM Z80 SBC which |
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became the first platform RomWBW supported. Some of his original code |
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can still be found in RomWBW. |
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- Dan Werner wrote much of the code from which RomWBW was originally |
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derived and he has always been a great source of knowledge and |
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advice. |
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- Dan Werner wrote much of the code from which RomWBW was originally |
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derived and he has always been a great source of knowledge and advice. |
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- Douglas Goodall contributed code, time, testing, and advice in “the |
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early days”. He created an entire suite of application programs to |
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enhance the use of RomWBW. Unfortunately, they have become unusable |
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due to internal changes within RomWBW. As of RomWBW 2.6, these |
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applications are no longer provided. |
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- Douglas Goodall contributed code, time, testing, and advice in “the |
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early days”. He created an entire suite of application programs to |
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enhance the use of RomWBW. Unfortunately, they have become unusable |
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due to internal changes within RomWBW. As of RomWBW 2.6, these |
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applications are no longer provided. |
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- Sergey Kiselev created several hardware platforms for RomWBW |
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including the very popular Zeta. |
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- Sergey Kiselev created several hardware platforms for RomWBW including |
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the very popular Zeta. |
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- David Giles created support for the Z180 CSIO which is now included |
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SD Card driver. |
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- David Giles created support for the Z180 CSIO which is now included SD |
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Card driver. |
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- Phil Summers contributed the Forth and BASIC adaptations in ROM, the |
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AY-3-8910 sound driver, DMA support, and a long list of general code |
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and documentation enhancements. |
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- Phil Summers contributed the Forth and BASIC adaptations in ROM, the |
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AY-3-8910 sound driver, DMA support, and a long list of general code |
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and documentation enhancements. |
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- Ed Brindley contributed some of the code that supports the RCBus |
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platform. |
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- Ed Brindley contributed some of the code that supports the RCBus |
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platform. |
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- Spencer Owen created the RC2014 series of hobbyist kit computers |
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which has exponentially increased RomWBW usage. Some of his kits |
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include RomWBW. |
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- Spencer Owen created the RC2014 series of hobbyist kit computers which |
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has exponentially increased RomWBW usage. Some of his kits include |
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RomWBW. |
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- Stephen Cousins has likewise created a series of hobbyist kit |
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computers at Small Computer Central and is distributing RomWBW with |
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many of them. |
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- Stephen Cousins has likewise created a series of hobbyist kit |
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computers at Small Computer Central and is distributing RomWBW with |
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many of them. |
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- Alan Cox has contributed some driver code and has provided a great |
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deal of advice. |
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- Alan Cox has contributed some driver code and has provided a great |
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deal of advice. |
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- The CP/NET client files were developed by Douglas Miller. |
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- The CP/NET client files were developed by Douglas Miller. |
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- Phillip Stevens contributed support for FreeRTOS. |
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- Phillip Stevens contributed support for FreeRTOS. |
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- Curt Mayer contributed the original Linux / MacOS build process. |
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- Curt Mayer contributed the original Linux / MacOS build process. |
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- UNA BIOS and FDISK80 are the products of John Coffman. |
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- UNA BIOS and FDISK80 are the products of John Coffman. |
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- FLASH4 is a product of Will Sowerbutts. |
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- FLASH4 is a product of Will Sowerbutts. |
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- CLRDIR is a product of Max Scane. |
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- CLRDIR is a product of Max Scane. |
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- Tasty Basic is a product of Dimitri Theulings. |
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- Tasty Basic is a product of Dimitri Theulings. |
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- Dean Netherton contributed eZ80 CPU support, the sound driver |
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interface, and the SN76489 sound driver. |
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- Dean Netherton contributed eZ80 CPU support, the sound driver |
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interface, and the SN76489 sound driver. |
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- The RomWBW Disk Catalog document was produced by Mykl Orders. |
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- The RomWBW Disk Catalog document was produced by Mykl Orders. |
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- Rob Prouse has created many of the supplemental disk images |
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including Aztec C, HiTech C, SLR Z80ASM, Turbo Pascal, Microsoft |
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BASIC Compiler, Microsoft Fortran Compiler, and a Games compendium. |
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- Rob Prouse has created many of the supplemental disk images including |
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Aztec C, HiTech C, SLR Z80ASM, Turbo Pascal, Microsoft BASIC Compiler, |
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Microsoft Fortran Compiler, and a Games compendium. |
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- Martin R has provided substantial help reviewing and improving the |
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User Guide and Applications documents. |
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- Martin R has provided substantial help reviewing and improving the |
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User Guide and Applications documents. |
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- Mark Pruden has made a wide variety of contributions including: |
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- Mark Pruden has made a wide variety of contributions including: |
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- significant content in the Disk Catalog and User Guide |
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- creation of the Introduction and Hardware documents |
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- Z3PLUS operating system disk image |
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- COPYSL utility |
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- a feature for RomWBW configuration by NVRAM |
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- the /B bulk mode of disk assignment to the ASSIGN utility |
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- significant content in the Disk Catalog and User Guide |
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- creation of the Introduction and Hardware documents |
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- Z3PLUS operating system disk image |
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- COPYSL utility |
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- a feature for RomWBW configuration by NVRAM |
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- the /B bulk mode of disk assignment to the ASSIGN utility |
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- Jacques Pelletier has contributed the DS1501 RTC driver code. |
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- Jacques Pelletier has contributed the DS1501 RTC driver code. |
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- Jose Collado has contributed enhancements to the TMS driver |
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including compatibility with standard TMS register configuration. |
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- Jose Collado has contributed enhancements to the TMS driver including |
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compatibility with standard TMS register configuration. |
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- Kevin Boone has contributed a generic HBIOS date/time utility |
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(WDATE). |
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- Kevin Boone has contributed a generic HBIOS date/time utility (WDATE). |
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- Matt Carroll has contributed a fix to XM.COM that corrects the port |
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specification when doing a send. |
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- Matt Carroll has contributed a fix to XM.COM that corrects the port |
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specification when doing a send. |
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- Dean Jenkins enhanced the build process to accommodate the Raspberry |
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Pi 4. |
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- Dean Jenkins enhanced the build process to accommodate the Raspberry |
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Pi 4. |
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- Tom Plano has contributed a new utility (HTALK) to allow talking |
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directly to HBIOS COM ports. |
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- Tom Plano has contributed a new utility (HTALK) to allow talking |
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directly to HBIOS COM ports. |
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- Lars Nelson has contributed several generic utilities such as a |
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universal (OS agnostic) UNARC application. |
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- Lars Nelson has contributed several generic utilities such as a |
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universal (OS agnostic) UNARC application. |
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- Dylan Hall added support for specifying a secondary console. |
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- Dylan Hall added support for specifying a secondary console. |
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- Bill Shen has contributed boot loaders for several of his systems. |
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- Bill Shen has contributed boot loaders for several of his systems. |
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- Laszlo Szolnoki has contributed an EF9345 video display controller |
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driver. |
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- Laszlo Szolnoki has contributed an EF9345 video display controller |
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driver. |
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- Ladislau Szilagyi has contributed an enhanced version of CP/M Cowgol |
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that leverages RomWBW memory banking. |
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- Ladislau Szilagyi has contributed an enhanced version of CP/M Cowgol |
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that leverages RomWBW memory banking. |
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- Les Bird has contributed support for the NABU w/ Option Board |
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- Les Bird has contributed support for the NABU w/ Option Board |
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