Kelly, your order didn't quite make it onto today's shipping list but will go out tomorrow! Everyone who ordered before 1200 Eastern time got theirs shipped out today. Hopefully we'll never have to do a virtual workshop again, but if we do, I think I probably need to aim to start shipping kits a month out, even if it means some folks put them together beforehand. Thanks, Jonathan On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 3:29 PM Kelly Leavitt <kelly@catcorner.org> wrote:
Just ordered mine. Probably won't get it on time, but it looks like fun.
Great job Jonathan.
Kelly ------------------------------ *From:* vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> on behalf of systems_glitch via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> *Sent:* Monday, October 5, 2020 9:58 PM *To:* vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> *Cc:* systems_glitch <systems.glitch@gmail.com> *Subject:* [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East 2020 Kit Available!
Tindie listing:
https://www.tindie.com/products/glitchwrks/glitch-works-r6501qr6511q-single-...
forums thread:
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?73828-ANNOUNCE-VCF-East-2020-Kit-R...
Nothing like getting something done right before the due date, eh? Work has been crazy and, fortunately or unfortunately, due to a possible coronavirus exposure we self-quarantined for the last two weeks and I was able to finally wrap up the user manual and assembly guide for the 2020 VCF East workshop kit!
This year's kit was intended to fit in with the overall 6502 theme of VCF East 2020; however, I didn't want to do a 6502 SBC since there's a lot of good ones already available, and I felt like we needed something more unique. I happened to have some Rockwell R6501Q "single-chip microcomputer" processors, which are a 6502 core with some changes in a funky "QUIP-64" package -- if the plastic Motorla 68000 is the "Texas cockroach," this is the chip package version of a house centipede :)
The R6501Q is 6502 core but adds a few instructions, and has I/O and control registers in zero page. Stack also lives in zero page. This provides a little bit of a challenge in porting existing 6502 code. The EEPROMs included in the parts kit are loaded with the Enhanced Woz monitor, Steve Wozniak's 6502 monitor from the Apple 1 days. We're working on ports of EhBASIC and Tiny BASIC as well. They're not done yet -- EhBASIC is going to be a much larger project, but Tiny BASIC is very nearly done and should be available for testing this week. Both can be loaded in over the serial port without reprogramming the EEPROM.
Anyway, check out the Tindie listing for more information, links to source code, and a link to the PDF manual (which has schematics, of course). We're going to try and livestream something during Virtual VCF East this weekend.
Thanks, Jonathan