SymbOS on ZX Spectrum/ZX evolution?

[baxter]

Hi all!
Hi Prodatron!!
Recently, I became the owner of the wonderful computer Amstrad CPC 6128 and, of course, tried it SymbOS. I know it's not the first interested in porting this great OS on ZX, rather ZX Evolution http://nedopc.com/zxevo/zxevo.php. It has sold more than 400 computers ZX Evolution (also 300 ATM turbo 2+ is compatible with it) in different countries, so the demand for SymbOS will. It is also preparing to sell network card http://nedopc.com/zxnetusb/zxnetusb.php.  Perhaps of interest to you on port SymbOS ZX?

[TFM]

So finally the Speccy would get an Amstrad port!   Well, a machine like the +3 maybe able to run SymbOS, but the smaller Speccies....

[baxter]

Possibilities of ZX Evolution are much higher, than at +3.

Characteristics:


Z80 3.5 MHz (classical) / 7 MHz (a turbo a mode without WAIT) / 14МГц (mega a turbo a mode with WAIT);
4 MB OF THE RAM, 512KB OF ROM;
miniITX form factor (microATX for rev.A and B) 2 slots of ZXBUS, ATX or +5 food, + 12B;
The flexible architecture based on fpga (EP1K50);
Peripheral ATMEGA128 controler;
PS/2 keyboard and mouse interface;
(1818VG93), IDE Floppy interfaces (one channel, two master/slave devices), SD(HC) card, RS232;
RGB, VGA video outputs (hardware skandabler);
Sound interfaces AY, Beeper, Covox (hardware ShIM);
Support of the mechanical keyboard and joystick;
Support of Tape of the interface (recorder input and output);
Non-volatile hours/calendar.

[baxter]

Prodatron if you become interested in ZX Evolution, and decide to port on it SymbOS, I am ready to pay the computer and its transfer to you.

[TFM]

Tried to get informations from the ZX evolution page, seems to be down - I try later again.

Edit: This seems to work:
http://nedopc.com/zxevo/zxevo.php

[baxter]

Thanks! The forum is a little unusual.

[MacDeath]

The speccy+2 is basically a +3 minus the Floppy.


And yes , floppy is important for such an OS as SymbOS (or whatever nice modern stuff).

[RockRiver]

Some months ago I told to SymbOS coder (our friend Jörn) about Velesoft's research on software and hardware... (Profi Interface for grey +2 could update it to East European ZXs .With more RAM, TR-DOS...)
And in a few time Spectrum will have a new version of ESXDOS with TR-DOS support...


Yes in a future we would see nice GUI on our cousin Z80 machines: Powered Spectrums (more RAM than 128k is needed, I think, K-mouse and DivIDE, ProfiInterface or someting like that):
* Aqua/Doors is on stand-by
* Maybe SymbOS for ZX machines [Yes!!! please]


Prodatron told me (some time ago on RetroEuskal Bilbao,NorthSpain...) about possibility of other SymbOS ports: Sam Coupé, Enterprise... but on Spectrum will be great too! 

[baxter]

MacDeath, it is time to pass to memory cards.
RockRiver, in Russia more than 256 kb have the majority of clones of Speccy.

[TFM]

Yeah! And here they are going to beat me up if I plead for a 4 MB RAM expansion for the CPC 

[baxter]

By the way, I want to expand random access memory of the CPC. How cheaper and more without serious consequences to make it?