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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Raspberry Pi, suggestions needed

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Decoy
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Posted: 05:07pm 23 Jul 2020
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Hi guys

Well, I am not a big fan of the Raspberry Pi - or Asus Tinker Board for that matter - but I do have a couple of them floating around.

I found good use of a Raspberry Pi using the Combian 64 image, which is just amazing. I built a Pi with that image into an old C64C case with a Keyrah and everything. Works great. Yes, I also have a The C64 - also great :)

Using a Pi or Tinker Board as a PC is an exercise in frustration and patience. I absolutely hate them for that use. Which means that programming on those units is sluggish and unresponsive. So, thinking about the Combian 64 image, this is like using a real C64, which brings me to my question. Are there any other images like that out there? Images that makes the OS "go away" and just boot into "the meat" like the CMM.

Any advice would be great!

Thanks!
 
hitsware2

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Posted: 05:26pm 23 Jul 2020
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Scroll down to Pico
Will not work for more recent than model 3 ..
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Decoy
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Thanks, that is awesome! It even works with the GPIO pins :)

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mkopack73
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There's at least 1 for the Amiga out there (sorry I forgot the name of it) AmiBerry I think...
 
capsikin
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  hitsware2 said  Scroll down to Pico
Will not work for more recent than model 3 ..

Pico looks good. A use for an original raspberry pi and full sized sd card, might feel a bit like a more advanced version of the BBC micro.

The information link for pico on that page didn't work, but I found it at:
https://www.riscosopen.org/wiki/documentation/show/Software%20information:%20RaspberryPi:%20RC5%20RISC%20OS%20Pico
 
hitsware2

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  capsikin said  
  hitsware2 said  Scroll down to Pico
Will not work for more recent than model 3 ..

Pico looks good. A use for an original raspberry pi and full sized sd card, might feel a bit like a more advanced version of the BBC micro.

The information link for pico on that page didn't work, but I found it at:
https://www.riscosopen.org/wiki/documentation/show/Software%20information:%20RaspberryPi:%20RC5%20RISC%20OS%20Pico

I would like to locate an accurate help file .
At least a keywords directory .
I used BBCBasic for Windows a long time ,
but some of the commands are not ???????
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capsikin
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  hitsware2 said  
  capsikin said  
  hitsware2 said  Scroll down to Pico
Will not work for more recent than model 3 ..

Pico looks good. A use for an original raspberry pi and full sized sd card, might feel a bit like a more advanced version of the BBC micro.

The information link for pico on that page didn't work, but I found it at:
https://www.riscosopen.org/wiki/documentation/show/Software%20information:%20RaspberryPi:%20RC5%20RISC%20OS%20Pico

I would like to locate an accurate help file .
At least a keywords directory .
I used BBCBasic for Windows a long time ,
but some of the commands are not ???????


This could be it: www.riscos.com Technical Support: BBC BASIC Reference Manual
 
hitsware2

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Thank You !
One would think so , but the SOUND ( my main interest )
commands don ' t work  
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Frank N. Furter
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@hitsware2:

Have you tried to manipulate config.txt? You can influence many (audio) settings there.

@Decoy:

Do you know BMC64? I find that much better than Combian 64...

Frank
 
capsikin
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  hitsware2 said  Thank You !
One would think so , but the SOUND ( my main interest )
commands don't work  


I tried a couple of SOUND commands and one worked for me.
My test was on a Raspberry Pi model B, with an audio jack and composite video. If you use HDMI you may need to check if the sound is coming through HDMI or the audio jack.

SOUND 1,-15,53,10
This gave me a short sound. It was quieter than I expected for maximum volume. I'd tried -7 instead of -15 first and didn't hear it.

You should get a tone the you start Pico, and if you press Ctrl-G. (they might have been a little quieter though)
Edited 2020-07-24 22:43 by capsikin
 
hitsware2

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Yes ... The one tone like BEEP works ,
but not the VOICES ..
I ' ll try again though ..
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mclout999

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  mkopack73 said  There's at least 1 for the Amiga out there (sorry I forgot the name of it) AmiBerry I think...


The one I use is Amibian but now I am going to check out Amiberry it looks promising.
They call me Shai-Hulud (The maker)
 
capsikin
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  hitsware2 said  Yes ... The one tone like BEEP works ,
but not the VOICES ..
I ' ll try again though ..


VOICES 8
*CHANNEL 8 Percussion-Snare
*VOICES

Displayed a reasonably looking output for me. I think I tried something similar earlier and the *VOICES output wasn't affected, but my earlier command had already scrolled off the screen so I couldn't tell what I'd done wrong.

Weirdly, *voices also works, although a lot of other stuff is case sensitive.

I miss the ENVELOPE based sounds from the BBC Micro version of BBC BASIC
 
hitsware2

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  capsikin said  
I miss the ENVELOPE based sounds from the BBC Micro version of BBC BASIC


SOUND and ENVELOPE for Raspberry Pi

Works perfect !
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capsikin
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  hitsware2 said  
  capsikin said  
I miss the ENVELOPE based sounds from the BBC Micro version of BBC BASIC


SOUND and ENVELOPE for Raspberry Pi

Works perfect !


Thanks, I didn't know BBC Basic for SDL had that.

I might try running it on a laptop rather than the pi though.
 
hitsware2

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It surprised me the SOUND worked so well !
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