Dwight Elvey
Veteran Member
I was looking at the earlier post on the development system with key pad and LED display. Although, these machines are fun to fiddle with and clearly collectable. If I were doing anything serious with a 68000 I'd want an assembler and disk drive.
When I look at this, I realize that I already have such a machine. The Canon Cat could meet these requirements. I've even rigged mine up to recompile its own firmware.
A small amount of Forth code could input and output in HEX or Motorola format. Some of this code is already written and just needs to be adapted.
One thing to know, there is a design flaw in the disk drive. There is a simple fix. If you think it is working fine I can assure you it will fail and when it does, you'll end up ripping the head assembly off, making the drive unrepairable. Since it is a special drive, it is hard to find a replacement. It would take a 740K drive with DriveReady signal and rewiring.
If anyone reading this has a Canon Cat, that hasn't had the drive repaired, contact me or Jack Rubin. We can help you fix the problem before you destroy your drive!
Dwight
When I look at this, I realize that I already have such a machine. The Canon Cat could meet these requirements. I've even rigged mine up to recompile its own firmware.
A small amount of Forth code could input and output in HEX or Motorola format. Some of this code is already written and just needs to be adapted.
One thing to know, there is a design flaw in the disk drive. There is a simple fix. If you think it is working fine I can assure you it will fail and when it does, you'll end up ripping the head assembly off, making the drive unrepairable. Since it is a special drive, it is hard to find a replacement. It would take a 740K drive with DriveReady signal and rewiring.
If anyone reading this has a Canon Cat, that hasn't had the drive repaired, contact me or Jack Rubin. We can help you fix the problem before you destroy your drive!
Dwight