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VICMIDI Source on GitHub

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Hey folks. There is still another hardware prototype iteration to go on the VIC MIDI cartridge, but brain's working on it and I have been working on the source code as much as I can.

There are still a few pieces missing (see TODO.txt), but I thought I would post the source as-is to get it "out there". I'm incredibly busy with real life lately, so I'm posting it so it doesn't get lost to the community if I can't continue work on it. It does work!

https://github.com/LeifBloomquist/VICMIDI/

My vision for the cartridge is that it would come with software that will work fine for 95% of users, but end users would be able to make their own versions for advanced use, based on this or their own source. The relevant datasheets and some rudimentary documentation are in the repository too.
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A few years ago I built a VIC-20 MIDI interface for Viande.

It was based on the 6850 UART chip. Any similarities?
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It is the very same cartridge. Though it's been modified and changed around to use a more readily available UART so that more can be made. Gave you credit!

http://www.slideshare.net/leifbloomquis ... dore-vic20
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The delay is mostly mine. Real Life(tm) got in the way later this year, and that pushed everything back.

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No worries, I've had a serious dose of Real Life in the last couple of years too!
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Bump. Been working on the code the last few evenings. If you're interested, have a look, particularly the Docs directory as I'd like to get some feedback.
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Bump: Prototype is almost completely working (need to find a 4 bit TTL register with falling edge clock...

http://www.go4retro.com/2013/05/22/newi ... -vic-midi/

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