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by mrTheWheel
Wed Oct 25, 2017 10:56 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Solid State Tape Device for the microKIM (KIM-1)
Replies: 7
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Re: Solid State Tape Device for the microKIM (KIM-1)

DerTrueForce wrote:
I'd probably try to make something that uses removable storage modules, but that's my preference.
I have thought on adding a SD card but I think I never need more than the 3 Megabytes I have available on the ESP8266.

But it is doable (see this BeeHave project).
by mrTheWheel
Wed Oct 25, 2017 10:45 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Solid State Tape Device for the microKIM (KIM-1)
Replies: 7
Views: 1936

Re: Solid State Tape Device for the microKIM (KIM-1)

Michael wrote:
Very nice project and a very intuitive interface and operation. Bravo!
You mention "3-gigabytes" storage on the ESP8266. Is that an error?
Wow! Yes, you are right. It is only 3 Megabytes .. still, more than enough for my projects..

Thanks for pointing that out!
by mrTheWheel
Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:55 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Solid State Tape Device for the microKIM (KIM-1)
Replies: 7
Views: 1936

Solid State Tape Device for the microKIM (KIM-1)

Hi all,

I have build a Solid State Tape Device for the microKIM. It will probably also work on the real KIM-1.

The SSTape bypasses the analoge part of the tape handling hardware (which is not available on the microKIM).

You can save 254 program's on the SSTape device (but if you want you can ...