The Usotsuki Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 A few days ago I was thinking, and a thought came to mind, to implement something like the Apple ][ or ][+ firmware for the Z80 card, to provide a similar user interface (monitor, BASIC, etc.)... I'm sure it can be done, it's just a Simple Matter of Programming®, and I don't exactly speak Z80, but it would probably be interesting to do anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 CP/M already has a set of console I/O functions.There is already a Z80 machine with an Applesoft II BASIC clone, the ADAM.Why bother doing this on the Apple II when you already have it running natively on the 6502. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 CP/M already has a set of console I/O functions. There is already a Z80 machine with an Applesoft II BASIC clone, the ADAM. Why bother doing this on the Apple II when you already have it running natively on the 6502. "Because it's there." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 be a lot more interesting to paralell them both so, for instance, the z80 could run game logic independent of the 6502 which is handling graphics, sound and input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 Yeah, that's a major failing of the SoftCard design. Ian Kim was working on an MSX card that could run Z80 and 6502 code concurrently, and was SoftCard-compatible to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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