Driver info
Authors
- Peter Trauner
- Curt Coder
Status
The driver is almost complete, with some remaining issues. It's up-to-date with current coding standards in MESS and is maintained.
ToDo
- TinyBASIC ROMs are not dumped
- VP-550 Super Sound Board (turns the VP-111 into a music synthesizer. Two sound channels with independent control od frequency, time and amplitude envelope (voice). Sync provisions for controlling multiple VP-111's, multitrack recording or other synthesizers. 2k VP-111 memory required. Can be expanded to 4 channels by adding VP-551 and 4K RAM.) (Note: what sound chip does this use?)
- VP-551 Super Sound Board extension for 2 more channels
- VP-590 Color Board (allows program control of 8 brilliant colors for graphics, color games, plus 4 selectable background colors. Includes sockets for 2 auxiliary keypads) (Note: possibly a CDP1862)
- VP-595 Simple Sound Board (provides 256 tone frequencies. Programmable tone and duration.) (Note: what sound chip does this use?)
- VP-601 ASCII Keyboard (fully encoded, 128-character ASCII encoded alpha-numeric keyboard. 58 light touch keys including 2 user defined keys. Selectable upper and lower case. A similar keyboard VP-611 which includes a 16-key numeric keypad is also available.)
- VP-611 ASCII Keyboard (VP-601 with keypad)
- VP-700 Expanded Tiny Basic board (the language is stored in 4k ROM. This expanded Basic includes the standard Tiny Basic commands plus 12 additional - including color and sound control. An external ASCII encoded, alpha-numeric keyboard is required.)