(C) 2011 Microbee Technology Pty Ltd. ACN 151 027 299
Ever wanted to build your own microbee?
Now you can with the Premium Plus - Limited
Edition Kit.
( But be quick.. 100 units only! )
We have put together a limited quantity of the Premium Plus
Microbee.
These kits include original circuit boards, all components,
and a comprehensive construction manual. We've also added
some extras to make the Premium Plus, the best microbee
yet.
By designing a new coreboard, we’ve put in new technology
enabling the Premium Plus to be a Dual Processor computer!
All of the normal Microbee functionality has been retained
and it still uses a Z80 processor but now we’ve added a
Freescale Coldfire processor into the mix which opens up a
whole new world of software availability running under
uClinux!
Here are the specifications :
Dual Microprocessors
* Z80 microprocessor @ 3.375Mhz
* Coldfire V2 (MCF52259) @ 80Mhz^
2 Megabytes Ram (1Mbyte shared space, 1Mbyte exclusive to the Coldfire processor)
32k PCG Ram, 2K Color Ram, 2K Attribute ram, 4K font rom
Original Premium Series Case,
Full 64 Key Keyboard with newly sourced keyswitches & keytops.
Microbee standard DB15 Parallel port, Microbee standard DB25 Serial port,
Second serial port for up to 115k baud^,
Physical Floppy disk interface supporting up to 2 external floppy drives (option)^,
SD Card interface for file storage, with Floppy Disk emulation in ‘Z80’ mode - status indicator LED for SD activity^.
Ethernet Network port (10/100) including status indicator LEDs for Link Valid & Speed^.
Battery Backed Real Time Clock^.
Monochrome composite Video out, Color composite Video out (option), Color TTL video out (DB9 to monitor),
Full, new release Microbee Shell / CCP / INIT / TRANSFER / BACKUP software to support 800k ram disk.
Built in software :
Disk boot prom, Self Test, Machine Langauge Monitor. ^ indicates functionality / feature
Other software on SDcard : uCLinux, Z80 mode Microbee Shell etc. is part of the new coreboard design.
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[ Premium Plus Limited Edition Kit ] - Pre-release information -
subject to change
The new
Premium Plus
Kit computer
All new Coreboard
Dual processor design
Status LEDs for
SDcard activity,
Ethernet Link & Speed
High speed serial,
Ethernet & SDcard
Click thumbnail to enlarge
We have had a fantastic
response and are no longer
taking registrations of interest
to purchase a Premium Plus Kit
as the 100 units available have
now all been allocated.
The fantastic new Premium Plus Limited Edition kit will be available at $399.00 (the same as the original 16K kit bee!)
Physical floppy disk interface option & Color composite video kit option prices $TBA
(C) 2011 Microbee Technology Pty Ltd. ACN 151 027 299
Ever wanted to build your own microbee?
Now you can with the Premium Plus - Limited
Edition Kit.
( But be quick.. 100 units only! )
We have put together a limited quantity of the Premium Plus
Microbee.
These kits include original circuit boards, all components,
and a comprehensive construction manual. We've also added
some extras to make the Premium Plus, the best microbee
yet.
By designing a new coreboard, we’ve put in new technology
enabling the Premium Plus to be a Dual Processor computer!
All of the normal Microbee functionality has been retained
and it still uses a Z80 processor but now we’ve added a
Freescale Coldfire processor into the mix which opens up a
whole new world of software availability running under
uClinux!
Here are the specifications :
Dual Microprocessors
* Z80 microprocessor @ 3.375Mhz
* Coldfire V2 (MCF52259) @ 80Mhz^
2 Megabytes Ram (1Mbyte shared space, 1Mbyte exclusive to the Coldfire processor)
32k PCG Ram, 2K Color Ram, 2K Attribute ram, 4K font rom
Original Premium Series Case,
Full 64 Key Keyboard with newly sourced keyswitches & keytops.
Microbee standard DB15 Parallel port, Microbee standard DB25 Serial port,
Second serial port for up to 115k baud^,
Physical Floppy disk interface supporting up to 2 external floppy drives (option)^,
SD Card interface for file storage, with Floppy Disk emulation in ‘Z80’ mode - status indicator LED for SD activity^.
Ethernet Network port (10/100) including status indicator LEDs for Link Valid & Speed^.
Battery Backed Real Time Clock^.
Monochrome composite Video out, Color composite Video out (option), Color TTL video out (DB9 to monitor),
Full, new release Microbee Shell / CCP / INIT / TRANSFER / BACKUP software to support 800k ram disk.
Built in software :
Disk boot prom, Self Test, Machine Langauge Monitor. ^ indicates functionality / feature
Other software on SDcard : uCLinux, Z80 mode Microbee Shell etc. is part of the new coreboard design.
The new
Premium Plus
Kit computer
All new Coreboard
Dual processor design
Status LEDs for
SDcard activity,
Ethernet Link & Speed
High speed serial,
Ethernet & SDcard
Click thumbnail to enlarge
We have had a fantastic
response and are no longer
taking registrations of interest
to purchase a Premium Plus Kit
as the 100 units available have
now all been allocated.
The fantastic new Premium Plus Limited Edition kit will be available at $399.00 (the same as the original 16K kit bee!)
Physical floppy disk interface option & Color composite video kit option prices $TBA
