MB02+ <-> ResiDos copy tool 1.5

[hood]

Dear friends of MB02+ or ResiDos,

I have made next version of copy tool between MB02+ and ResiDos. It has improved input of BSDOS files. For next improvements, see pictures or visit my homepage.

You can download the program and read the info in English on my website http://hood.speccy.cz










Enjoy


Hood

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[Antipod]

yep, probably useful tool... but where is GUI( mouse support, file panels, progress bars etc )?
It's not 1982 now

[hood]

yep, probably useful tool... but where is GUI( mouse support, file panels, progress bars etc )?
It's not 1982 now

Hello Antipod, thanks for critics, you are right. It is so simple because:

1) I am not very good coder
2) it is not my main work. My main work is nmi menu for MB02+.
3) not many people will use it
4) my native system is MB02+, I do not know ResiDos much. It was Garry Lancaster, the author of ResiDos, who did ResiDos copy routines

Of course, a commander would be good. But at the moment, the scene in the Czech Republic is dead, only me and Velesoft are coding. Otherwise, others spend their time talking over internet what would be good for speccy and how things could be improved, you know...

Actually, what ways of transfer do you use between PC and ZX Spectrum in ex-CCCP community? Diskettes, CF/SD cards, direct transfer through cable, or wireless transfer?

Here, we are using diskettes, CF/SD cards and now we are trying to transfer files through paralell port on PC and ZX, just via cable- where speccy is the master. The author is Dr.Beep, you may find him on www.worldofspectrum.org in the forum. His web in English is:
http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.com/zxpc.html

or in Spanish but also some pictures and more info:
http://www.speccy.org/trastero/cosas...eep/PC-ZX.html

Hood

P.S. I always say, that it is a big shame, that ex-CCCP speccy comunity is using mainly Betadisk. If MB02+ would be spread between ex-CCCP users, amazing software would be produced for this system.

[Antipod]

Of course, a commander would be good. But at the moment, the scene in the Czech Republic is dead, only me and Velesoft are coding.

If you need I can try to support you with some GUI code just for fun. But I'm not guarantee quick implementation.

Actually, what ways of transfer do you use between PC and ZX Spectrum in ex-CCCP community? Diskettes, CF/SD cards, direct transfer through cable, or wireless transfer?

I copied ( now I don't have real spectrum ) *.trd and *.scl files to 720 MB MS-DOS disks than I used some converters on real spectrum to copy those files to real TR-DOS disk.

[Black_Cat]

P.S. I always say, that it is a big shame, that ex-CCCP speccy comunity is using mainly Betadisk. If MB02+ would be spread between ex-CCCP users, amazing software would be produced for this system.

MB02 + too different from the ex-USSR designs, it is unnecessarily cumbersome. This prevents the promotion of MB02+ in the ex-USSR.

[hood]

MB02 + too different from the ex-USSR designs, it is unnecessarily cumbersome. This prevents the promotion of MB02+ in the ex-USSR.

....yes, maybe, I am not a hardware specialist but MB02+ connects of course to Z80 processor. The problem is that it has DMA chip. This chip must be close to Z80 bus in order to work OK. that is why we must have MB02+ connected directly on a bus, we cannot use cable

But MB02+ has a lot of additional features. It was designed more then 10 years ago, but it is still very good. It has:

RTC chip, parallel 8255 chip, kempston joystick port, IDE interface, 512KB SRAM backuped with battery, nmi button, FDD.

The price now is about 190 USD. And it looks like this (my old web page, in Czech, but you will see photos):

http://www.kissrevival.com/speccy/MB02/MB02+.htm

In Czech Republic, we mostly use original ZX Spectrums, mainly 128kb.

In case, somebody would be interested, I could try and get MB02+ for him.

Hood

Добавлено через 16 минут

If you need I can try to support you with some GUI code just for fun. But I'm not guarantee quick implementation.

I copied ( now I don't have real spectrum ) *.trd and *.scl files to 720 MB MS-DOS disks than I used some converters on real spectrum to copy those files to real TR-DOS disk.

Many thanks Antipod, but I am also short of time and if I want do something good on speccy, it will be my nmi menu, not this copy tool. This is my opinion at the moment, but who knows, the situation can change. Do you have some photos of your GUIs?

Hood

[Antipod]

Do you have some photos of your GUIs?

Nop, there's no GUI right now. It supposed to be created for your project only. I think it should have simple look and not very difficult piece of work. ( ex: listbox with multiple selection... )

[Black_Cat]

It has:

RTC chip, parallel 8255 chip, kempston joystick port, IDE interface, 512KB SRAM backuped with battery, nmi button, FDD.

- DMA chip has no prospects for the ZX Spectrum. Modern clones operate on a frequency of 7 to 70 MHz.
- In the USSR, focused on another chip RTC - type DS1685.
- 8255 chip needs a little, but who needs - he mounts his own or buys clone with the port.
- Kempston joystick port is present in all ex-USSR clones ZX Spectrum.
- The standard IDE interface for all ex-USSR clones is NemoIDE.
- 512KB SRAM backuped with battery is not very interesting, because from the ex-USSR clone a is a large amount of RAM.
- Nmi button & FDD is present in the controller TR-DOS.

What are the benefits of the use it MB-02+?

[balu_dark]

- DMA chip has no prospects for the ZX Spectrum. Modern clones operate on a frequency of 7 to 70 MHz.
- In the USSR, focused on another chip RTC - type DS1685.
- Kempston joystick port is present in all ex-USSR clones ZX Spectrum.
- The standard IDE interface for all ex-USSR clones is NemoIDE.
- 512KB SRAM backuped with battery is not very interesting, because from the ex-USSR clone a is a large amount of RAM.
- Nmi button & FDD is present in the controller TR-DOS.

я про это.
а преимущество у их системы то - что она хотябы написана и работает.

[hood]

- DMA chip has no prospects for the ZX Spectrum. Modern clones operate on a frequency of 7 to 70 MHz.
- In the USSR, focused on another chip RTC - type DS1685.
- 8255 chip needs a little, but who needs - he mounts his own or buys clone with the port.
- Kempston joystick port is present in all ex-USSR clones ZX Spectrum.
- The standard IDE interface for all ex-USSR clones is NemoIDE.
- 512KB SRAM backuped with battery is not very interesting, because from the ex-USSR clone a is a large amount of RAM.
- Nmi button & FDD is present in the controller TR-DOS.

What are the benefits of the use it MB-02+?

Of course, in that situation, almost none. But we in Czech Republic and almost all world uses original machines and they do not have such extra features like RTC, IDE, etc...

But, basically, the only thing that is required for MB02+ to work is paging of lower 16kB memory. Tell me Black Cat, is any of ex USSR clones able to page RAM in lower 16kb? Of course, slight modification in ports would have to be done in the software, to work on your machines.

Hood

Добавлено через 9 минут

Nop, there's no GUI right now. It supposed to be created for your project only. I think it should have simple look and not very difficult piece of work. ( ex: listbox with multiple selection... )

Antipod, thanks very much for your offer, but for me, it would be a lot of work. Copying between both systems and syntax check is done in machine code, but all other (menu, counters of progress,....) is done in BASIC. If I want to implement GUI, the whole architecture would have to be changed. And copying space starts on 32768-65535.

If I have time, I will ask you for it, all right??

Hood