16-04-2022, 10:14 PM
Hi Ewan,
I have a few of ideas - they're probably wildly impractical, thought I'd mention them anyway.
1) Microbee mods, eg:
a) Bits with a switch you could solder in giving you a choice of Microbee versions.
I think it would be interesting to switch my premium plus unit to a 16 or 32K system with the flick of a switch.
b) When I had my first Microbee (a 32K I think) I remember being really interested in using the expansion port at the back of the machine - never did, and the premium plus doesn't seem to have this - but some sort of similar interface would be really interesting - perhaps having the ability to connect the microbee to a Raspberry Pi too?
2) Floppy drive
Why not put a floppy drive kit together, complete with drive, instructions etc.
3) Printer interface
I had a dot-matrix printer when I was kid - would love to again.
I know this one would be tricky given the availability (if any) of dot-matrix (or line-) printers around/being produced, but I really do miss that printer.
4) FPGA recreation
I know this is probably way too huge... An FPGA based Microbee would be superb (much like the Spectrum Next or MEGA65).
You could do a kickstarter campaign, there looks to be a number of very skilled technical types on this forum that I'm sure would love to help!
Gregoire
I have a few of ideas - they're probably wildly impractical, thought I'd mention them anyway.
1) Microbee mods, eg:
a) Bits with a switch you could solder in giving you a choice of Microbee versions.
I think it would be interesting to switch my premium plus unit to a 16 or 32K system with the flick of a switch.
b) When I had my first Microbee (a 32K I think) I remember being really interested in using the expansion port at the back of the machine - never did, and the premium plus doesn't seem to have this - but some sort of similar interface would be really interesting - perhaps having the ability to connect the microbee to a Raspberry Pi too?
2) Floppy drive
Why not put a floppy drive kit together, complete with drive, instructions etc.
3) Printer interface
I had a dot-matrix printer when I was kid - would love to again.
I know this one would be tricky given the availability (if any) of dot-matrix (or line-) printers around/being produced, but I really do miss that printer.
4) FPGA recreation
I know this is probably way too huge... An FPGA based Microbee would be superb (much like the Spectrum Next or MEGA65).
You could do a kickstarter campaign, there looks to be a number of very skilled technical types on this forum that I'm sure would love to help!
Gregoire