The initial goal was to have my home-made computer that could run interpreters,
finally it runs CP/M heavily customized to allow :
- TurboPascal3 compiler,
- mBASIC interpreter,
- play ZORK,
- call some REST APIs via WiFi,
- play some MP3 tracks,
- display some pictures, sprites & drawings (Vs the fact that CP/M is text only) .
Few weeks ago, I re-used the core cpp code to write my emulator (Java+JNI) and my own TP3 IDE (Java) (that runs an headless version of emulator).
The DevBoard form factor is due to the fact that I made yet 5 versions of my previous system (from handheld laptop to ZXSpectrum) & as always, the enclosure building is a real problem for me.
I decided so to re-write nearly all, made a very basic design & see where could it go...