NobodyIsHere
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Hi! Well, in this case it would be fairly simple since there would be CBIOS source code examples available on the N8VEM wiki. There is already a CP/M with CBIOS source listing for the PropIO posted. If the shim socket approach works then there is no reason I can think of that it would not work for the DiskIO (FDC & IDE) board either. There is published CBIOS source code for that as well.
Why this idea of the shim socket to ECB didn't occur to me earlier is a mystery but it may allow all sorts of Z80 based computers to use N8VEM peripherals. However, as you said, they would require software to be written for them. Some peripherals support changing the IO address and some don't. PropIO allows for changing the IO address but DiskIO is fixed.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Andrew Lynch
Why this idea of the shim socket to ECB didn't occur to me earlier is a mystery but it may allow all sorts of Z80 based computers to use N8VEM peripherals. However, as you said, they would require software to be written for them. Some peripherals support changing the IO address and some don't. PropIO allows for changing the IO address but DiskIO is fixed.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Andrew Lynch