Z8S180, ICE40HX CP/M BIOS Port Part 1

Booting code that was assembled from Z80 source code and loaded into a block RAM and testing the SRAM chip.
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[@DennoWiggle]

I'm glad it was not just me that had all the frustration with decoding the manual. I did the same in the end and looked at a reference design for UART settings and then checked/adjusted to my needs. I try not to use the datasheet and only the user manual for the Z8S180. You left the ending a cliff hanger ............

[@JohnsBasement]

😁. This was very much unprepared. It could have finished in an hour or two. Or it could have gone on for days. I decided to use the actual natural disruptions for the splices.

[@jackrubin]

Had to take a break at 1:30 and listen to the moose joke. Now it all makes sense. Maybe join the Bergmeister after the code runs for a couple Jaeger bombs.

[@JohnsBasement]

Once it was going, I went for BBQ, burgers, & beers!!

[@charlesdorval394]

Dear lord that datasheet search lol
I'm of the opinion that datasheets should include the authors name hehehe
And while we're at it, have them develop software from a bad one, so they know how it feels and what not to do hehehe

[@JohnsBasement]

🤣

[@vitalyl1327]

LLMs were a game changer for me, now I don't read through datasheets myself until it's really really needed, have LLMs summarise and search things instead,

[@captaindunsell8568]

In general … 2 stop bits for 110 baud … 1 for 300+ baud

[@JohnsBasement]

Or when cheating! 😁

[@asmi06]

I like how you complain about documentation bloat in the video which contains more digressions and other irrelevant stuff than on topic content.

[@JohnsBasement]

It's part of my creative process. 😇

[@JohnsBasement]

I decided to do minimal editing on this because I've also had other people asking for all the raw footage. When it's over, I'll do some kind of a summary when I clean up the code and make it more palatable. At the moment it has a lot of inconsistent hacks as a result of testing, debugging ideas.

[@asmi06]

@@JohnsBasement Please do a pass of audio compression as your laughter outbursts are way too loud for someone listening to it in headphones.

[@JohnsBasement]

@@asmi06 sorry. I must have had things misconfigured. After these long parts over, I will clean up the code & summarize the result in a more polished recording.

[@asmi06]

@JohnsBasement I don't have nearly as good hearing as I once had, so I'd appreciate more compressed audio track so I won't have to adjust volume all the time. Thank you!