Nova - NVRAM + RTC for Amstrad CPC - Latest news from PulkoTronics

[PulkoMandy]

Hello,
I have ordered components for a new batch of Nova boards. So let me know if you want one!

[GUNHED]

Bonjour PulkoMandy!

How much units of the Nova did you produce until now?

BTW: Sometime people complain about the RAM banking of the CPC, with the smart Nova expansions all problems can be solved. And - in addition - the RAM contents are really save. 

[zhulien]

Bonjour PulkoMandy!

How much units of the Nova did you produce until now?

BTW: Sometime people complain about the RAM banking of the CPC, with the smart Nova expansions all problems can be solved. And - in addition - the RAM contents are really save. 

I Agree, if nvram was opened up then I can use it to track memory availability and usage. All applications can in fact co exist without trashing eachothers ram.

[PulkoMandy]

There are currently about 25-30 Nova boards in circulation, and a few more still with me. I can assemble more as needed.

Not my most successful board (FlashGordon is close to 70 units, and Gemini is about 40).

I think Albireo is even more than that, but you'd have to check with Zik, he handled the newer batches and I don't know exactly how many he made.

I think it will sell more as more software becomes available for it?

[GUNHED]

Thanks for the reply. I got all of these boards, and I like them very much.

True, the potential of the Nova still needs to be way more explored / exploited by software. 

[zhulien]

Absolutely Nova has a great potential - there are less good options, like Multiface 2, using BE80, using hardcoded bits of memory expansions but none of them survive resets so limits their usefulness a bit - not totally.  

I don't have a FlashGordon, is there any benefit if I use M4?

[GUNHED]

The M4 stores ROM contents on SD card, the FlashGordon stores them in Flash. Both can coexist when using different ROM select areas (0-31 / 32-63 f.e.).