Re: [colorforth] part two of Ray's post

["Ray St. Marie" <ray.stmarie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nick, All,

Ray here...

On 9/13/07, Nick Maroudas <alice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Nick here:
> Yes, I am using Josh's chuck05, downloaded from the site
> you mention above, with help from Josh to install the
> version for 16bit color.  It boots reliably, and one
> can use block 60 to format new floppies; thus becoming
> independent of other OS.  I would like to boot from USB
> or other flash mem device, because spinning discs (even
> CDs) tend to be erratic on my system when the mains
> supply is noisy.
>

Sounds good. I've only looked at 05 when Josh and I were
testing it. It's been a while since I've read it. I'm glad to
read of your success with it. I'll get a priority on catching
up to it immediately. I'd like to help if I can.

> At 2007 23:48:11 -0600 Ray added:
>
> You simply have to share this with me. I'd love to have
> ChuckBot include sound.
> ..... I'd love to read your code.
>
> Nick again:
>
> If you want to see the code for my synth project, please
> supply an address to receive a bootable floppy by snail
> mail.  Because it is so long since I used any other OS
> for coding that I've forgotten how to convert CF to
> email files.
>

Okay.
St. Marie's
10665 W 7th Ave Apt 1
Lakewood, Colorado 80215

Might I suggest burning the floppy image into a cd to
ensure that the data arrive complete? If not possible,
not a problem. :-)

> But if you want to make music with my code, you will
> need to install the same 10 MHz parallel DAC board
> ($100 from Analog Devices) plus a PCI parallel printer
> port.  Normal soundcards use 40kHz serial DAC. The
> whole point of Colorforth, for my project, is that it
> enabled me to break out of the AC'97 + MIDI
> straitjacket, and implement unconventional ideas in a
> practical fashion because CF is so fast, versatile and
> close to the hardware.   For normal music making I
> would be delighted to see a post explaining how to
> implement block 66 (for AC-97 audio) in your
> distribution with Tim:
>
> http://www.dnd.utwente.nl/~tim/colorforth/Raystm2/mv050314.html
>
> Caritas
>
> Nick

Sounds like a great project. I will do something with this in the not
to distant future. I'll start saving for the parts and reading code.
:-)

As to AC-97 included in the Multi-tasker image... those blocks must
have been part of ( ray pretends like he's not looking this all up as he goes)
Peter Appelman's NASM port of colorforth. Peter is apparently just before
the time that I discovered the little colorforth community, already in swing.
( I used to feel so all alone. :-) ) I've never met or heard from Peter. Infact,
it's been a very long time since I've made a contact with Tim Neitz. He's always
in chat, just silent. Miss that guy.

Any way, I will make myself familiar with those code blocks that we've been
discussing. Also, being that Josh has never used the system, and that I knew
a lot less when I tested those images then I do now, I'd like to go
over 05 again.
There is a nagging issue that goes unnamed in the back of my mind about
the differences between the 32bit and 16bit versions. Can't remember offhand
what they were...


Keeping the faith...
Ray

PS. I may have inadvertently lost colorforth.info... more soon to follow.

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