Re: Update on Carte Blanche status.

[Jerry <awanderin@yahoo.ca>]

Alex Freed <alex_news@mirrow.com> writes:

> I was thinking about using the Apple for it but the bit file doesn't
> fit a 5.25" floppy. Requiring a hard disk is worse than the JTAG
> adapter :)
>
>
> There is one more exta item that will be very useful with the CB - a
> 3.3V serial cable.
> There is one I had already mentioned for $20 but I have read in an
> embedded system forum about the cheap USB cell phone adapters being
> just that - 3.3V serial cables. I just had to try one.
>
> http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Use_a_Nokia_Serial_Cable_on_an_ARM9_Linkstation
>
> Look up the item 180369107450 on e-bay. Would you believe $3.58 "buy
> now" *delivered*? I got a couple at this price. They work just
> fine. The Ubuntu Linux recognized it as ttyUSB without any driver
> downloads. Naturally there is a Windows driver too.
>
> What good is it for CB? My soft 50 MHz Z80 uses 2 pins on the JTAG
> connector (that are not used for JTAG) as a 3.3V serial port. Great
> for debugging both the soft Z80 and Apple - I can capture all the
> events on the Apple bus in a buffer and examine them via this port for
> one thing. Or set hard breakpoints inside Apple's ROM...
>
> I want people to get the developer's tools and hack away. CB is a
> great toolbox but I can't make end user applications alone.

I'm hoping you will collect options such as these into some document
so that CB owners can look this up without having to google through
the newsgroup archives.  :)

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