I can't wait for the Altair 8800 Clone to arrive. I will have to start building my Pocket Term from one of the many Parallax Propeller USB Proto boards I have lying around, with VGA output, and PS/2 keyboard input. Very handy these propellers. :)
I wish I had purchased this last year when the Canadian dollar was more at par with the U.S. currency. :) Oh Well. At any rate the order is in, and I have a few hours before I have to tell my wife... :)
At any rate, I'm new here, and will most likely have lots of questions. But before I ask I will do my best to check the documentation. I have already downloaded the Manual for the Clone so I will read that on the way home on the subway. :)
Cheers. :)
Ok I know it has not arrived yet, but I was wondering where i would get a "disk activity signal for the three virtual drives. I 3d printed a dual disk drive relief for the Briel 8800micro i own and grabbed the signals from the main microcontroller on the drive expansion. Would this be possible with the Altair 8800 clone? I know schematics may not be available, but I was wondering if there were three pins i could "tap" for a disk activity led. :) ( would they be 3.3 volt? )
If not no problem :) but it would be a cool little box :) to have on top of the Altair. :) (perhaps even disk drive noise from one of those digital playback chips... :) ) that would be cool :)
for those interested in seeing the relief here is the link to the thread on the Briel forum :)
http://www.brielcomputers.com/phpBB3/vi ... 6201#p6201
Cheers. :)