Re: Carte Blanche arrives!

["Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net>]

"Steven Hirsch" <snhirsch@gmail.com> wrote:

>The post office just dropped off two shiny, new Carte Blanche kits :-). 
>Christmas in September!

Canadian Christmas will be later:( It takes awhile for things to show-up.

>Thanks to Steve and Alex for all the work that went into these.  They 
>look... gorgeous.

I am jealous... a gorgeous threesome... Steve and 2 Carte-Blanches eh? Well, 
I only managed a single monogamous Blanche... I do hope you do not think me 
too conservative.

>In light of a very unpleasant experience earlier this summer (in a 
>different classic computer domain),

I am afraid to ask:)

>I am particularly impressed that they were professional enough not to 
>request or accept pre payments or to make any hard commitments on ship 
>dates.

A guy with 2 carte-blanches must be impressed:)

You mentioned kits: Here's what Steve sent... I wished in a way I had 
jumped-on that jtag stuff that you guys went after... just spread too thin 
at the moment timewise... maybe someday.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve H"

>With the card you have ordered, you will receive:
- Carte Blanche
- SVGA Adaptor Board and Cable
- Mounting Hardware Kit (hex nut and bolts to suit the Apple IIe/IIgs 
chassis)
- JTAG cable set
- Demo SD Card
- Bitstream SD card
- Molex connector (for developing a plug on board)
- Screw kit (Three screws for securing plug on boards to Carte Blanche)
- Shunt/Jumper (To enable/disable card features).

Carte Blanche is an open source comprehensive logic resource board for
the Apple II. The hardware and software code loaded into Carte Blanche
on shipping is an enhanced version of Alex Freed's open source Pseudo
Disk ][ called JAT (version 1). JAT v01 is the standard demonstration
code that allows Carte Blanche to be used out of the box when you
receive it.

JAT v01 Features:
- Standard VGA video interface for Apple IIe - supporting 40 and 80
col text, low and hi-res graphics (but currently not double hi-res)
- Software library storage based on SD cards using read-only Apple
floppy disk emulation (one demo SD card supplied with examples)
- Apple II software is stored as .NIB images directly onto FAT
formatted SD cards, manageable by conventional PC's.
- Menu driven disk selection on boot up (optional with supplied jumper).

Other hardware, firmware and software examples, including diagnostics
and open source resources will be made available on each of the Carte
Blanche websites noted below in the following weeks. Schematics and
gerbers will also be published. On receipt of your card, please check:

http://alexfreed.com/FPGApple/CarteBlanche1.html
and
http://www.applelogic.org/carteblanche
for technical data and the latest information and examples for your card.

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I should have posted this in comp.sys.apple2.goodtimes