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|Name=PSG board with 32K Ram and SD-card reader | |Name=PSG board with 32K Ram and SD-card reader | ||
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|Contact=Mahjongg | |Contact=Mahjongg | ||
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== May 15, 2022 decided to create a ZX-81 compatible version of my PSG board for mt ZX-81 clone the ZX81+38 or a real ZX-81 == | == May 15, 2022 decided to create a ZX-81 compatible version of my PSG board for mt ZX-81 clone the ZX81+38 or a real ZX-81 == | ||
| + | This is the ZX-81 version of my PSG expansion board for the ZX-81+35 ZX-81 clone | ||
| − | Today I got news that | + | Today I got news that ZX-81 enthusiast Thomas Schilling built my ZX-81+35 and the supporting PSG board, and patched the AY-3-8912 I/O port based sd-card interface to make it work, by adding a few transistors, and then also wrote SD-card drivers based on this interface, and added a menu driven interface so you can load games (.ROM files) from a regular SD-Card. |
It was a shock that the sd-card interface I had imagined, but had abandoned as impractical could really work, and I saw that with the addition of 32K RAM and 16K of ROM (OTP ROM) this could be a very great expansion board for any ZX-81 (or my own ZX81+38 clone). So I started this new project! | It was a shock that the sd-card interface I had imagined, but had abandoned as impractical could really work, and I saw that with the addition of 32K RAM and 16K of ROM (OTP ROM) this could be a very great expansion board for any ZX-81 (or my own ZX81+38 clone). So I started this new project! | ||
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| + | == April 5, 20222 Decided on a name for this product == | ||
| + | Note that "Zon ZX-81 compatible PSG +32K RAM and SD-Card interface expansion for ZX-81 and clones" is excessively long for a name, so decided on a much shorter name. | ||
| + | I decided on '''ZONX81plus41''' | ||
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| + | I printed out the schematic of the expansion board for the ZX81+35 version at Revspace as a starting point. | ||
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| + | I also decided that like competing memory expansion boards, with a PSG option (like the memopak) it should be "plug and play" so it contains an (optional) flash ROM, and 32K static RAM. so a user can just plug it in and it should work without having to open up his ZX-81. | ||
Revision as of 18:54, 12 April 2022
| Project PSG board with 32K Ram and SD-card reader | |
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| Status | Initializing |
| Contact | Mahjongg |
| Last Update | 2022-04-12 |
May 15, 2022 decided to create a ZX-81 compatible version of my PSG board for mt ZX-81 clone the ZX81+38 or a real ZX-81
This is the ZX-81 version of my PSG expansion board for the ZX-81+35 ZX-81 clone
Today I got news that ZX-81 enthusiast Thomas Schilling built my ZX-81+35 and the supporting PSG board, and patched the AY-3-8912 I/O port based sd-card interface to make it work, by adding a few transistors, and then also wrote SD-card drivers based on this interface, and added a menu driven interface so you can load games (.ROM files) from a regular SD-Card. It was a shock that the sd-card interface I had imagined, but had abandoned as impractical could really work, and I saw that with the addition of 32K RAM and 16K of ROM (OTP ROM) this could be a very great expansion board for any ZX-81 (or my own ZX81+38 clone). So I started this new project!
April 5, 20222 Decided on a name for this product
Note that "Zon ZX-81 compatible PSG +32K RAM and SD-Card interface expansion for ZX-81 and clones" is excessively long for a name, so decided on a much shorter name. I decided on ZONX81plus41
I printed out the schematic of the expansion board for the ZX81+35 version at Revspace as a starting point.
I also decided that like competing memory expansion boards, with a PSG option (like the memopak) it should be "plug and play" so it contains an (optional) flash ROM, and 32K static RAM. so a user can just plug it in and it should work without having to open up his ZX-81.