Is there a latest DOSonCHIP object?

Timothy D. Swieter

I acquired a DOSonCHIP module from SparkFun. You can see the product page here and the product's web site here. I got one thread that came up in a search which is this thread: http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=616115 but I was curious if anyone has created an object since then and would be willing to share it with the forum/object exchange.

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Timothy D. Swieter, E.I.
www.brilldea.com - Prop Blade, LED Painter, RGB LEDs, 3.0" LCD Composite video display, eProto for SunSPOT
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VIRAND

You are looking for a full duplex serial terminal? I think so. If not then what?
There are some good DOS font VGA_text drivers lately and I recall something about a keyboard obj that does ctrl ascii,
and then it just needs to set up the baud in a fullduplex serial obj, send keys out, display characters in.
There's a similar gui demo too, but the other one is colorful and seems like it has way over 80 column x 50 lines.
All in obex I think.

Did you use one before? For a TV, AI_generic has nice font: Atari800 looks similar to classic Mac.
Recent 80 column version vs older 40 column version. Some AI drivers have color like ANSI.
But again that is just the display driver. Needs keyboard and serial objs, and some ctrl character handling.
I'd do it if I already didn't start too many things and not finish any, otherwise it would be easy.
You know you need a max232 chip because PC serial ports are too much voltage.
You probably need the max3232 chip to plug into the doschip serial port though because it should be higher than 3.3V.

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VIRAND, If you spent as much time SPINNING as you do Trolling the Forums,
you'd have tons of awesome code to post! (Note to self)

Timothy D. Swieter

Virand, I'm look for an object that is setup with methods to easily access the DOSonCHIP. I imagine the object uses FullDuplex Serial, but I was hoping someone went through the effort to write the routines that access the various commands and feedback from the IC. Sort of like how PST give the methods for sending data to/from a PC, and is built on top of FullDuplexSerial.

No worries if there isn't an object beyond what is already linked above. My project will progress a little slower, but I can build the object required and then place it in the exchange.

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Timothy D. Swieter, E.I.
www.brilldea.com - Prop Blade, LED Painter, RGB LEDs, 3.0" LCD Composite video display, eProto for SunSPOT
www.tdswieter.com