Date   : Thu, 28 Oct 2004 21:41:40 +1000
From   : "Bob Devries" <bdevries@...>
Subject: Re: Dragon copro (was: Cumana 68008 second processor & OS-9/68000?)

FLEX is related to UNIFLEX. Google for it. There's some info for it.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk@...        >
To: <bbc-micro@...         >
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 8:54 PM
Subject: [BBC-Micro] Dragon copro (was: Cumana 68008 second processor &
OS-9/68000?)


>
> > There was a hack about to connect a Dragon 32 (6809-based) to the BBC as
> > a second processor. Whether it was a 'real' second processor or just two
> > systems with shared I/O I'm not sure though.
>
> I've got hold of the mag with the first part of the article in -
> 'Electronics & Computing' August 1985. I'll have to grab the next issue
> from Bletchley.
>
> It needs a Dragon 64 rather than a 32 and uses an 8255 IC (rather than a
> tube ULA) for comms - IIRC the Torch copros did that too.
>
> OS is FLEX, which means absolutely nothing to me :-) Of course all of
> this is somewhat academic as nobody's going to have the software these
> days...
>
> I think the mag with the Casper 68000 article in is at Bletchley too so
> I'll try and hunt that one out...
>
> cheers
>
> Jules
>
>
>