TG68_AMR Build Tools

Table of Contents TG68_AMR Build Tools Card Specific Code Links 68000 Operating Systems uClinux Operating System EmuTOS Operating System CP/M-68 Operating System Build Environment

TG68_AMR Build Tools

These are tools for developing software for the AMR_68 design

• 68000 with Frame Buffer - Hackaday Project page
  • 68000 CPU
  • SDRAM support
  • VGA Framebuffer
    • Various resolutions
    • Stored in SDRAM
  • PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse support
  • SD Card support
    • Loads S Records file

Card Specific Code

• Application Code
  • Demo Example - Menu driven application example exercises hardware/software
• Bootloader code
  • Serial port boot
  • SD card boot
  • Program to turn a binary file into a VHDL lookup table
  • ramtest boot
• Firmware

Links

• AMR's TG68 Experiments - Original design
• My GitHub page
• Hackaday page
• 68000 Books

68000 Operating Systems

Several Operating Systems

• uClinux
• EmuTOS
• CP/M-68

uClinux Operating System

• Building uClinux for a 68000 Target
  • uClinux Sourceforge
  • 68000 booting uClinux 2.4.x (with 4Gb sdhc card) - YouTube video
  • Minimal hardware requirement for uClinux
  • Linux toolchain for the MC68000 CPU - gcc (Linux - uClinux/MC68000)

EmuTOS Operating System

• EmuTOS
  • EmuTOS - Free operating system for Atari computers, and more

CP/M-68 Operating System

Porting the CP/M-68 Operating System

• CPM-68k
• CPM-68k docs
• cpm-68k
• CP/M-68 zip
• CP/M-68 System Guide
• Reverse Engineering Soneplex SPX-MPU SBC
  • Port CP/M-68K to MPU302, part 1
  • Port CP/M-68K to MPU302, part 2
  • Port CP/M-68K to MPU302, part 3
  • Port CP/M-68K to MPU302, part 4

Build Environment

• Using a Linux (Mint) VirtualBox under Windows 10 to develop code for the PDP-8
• Could not get Shared Folder transfers to work to the Windows machine so transferring build through this repo