A ROM emulator for the 71B

[mfleming]

This has been one of those projects that I do for my own needs (ROMs!) and provide to others with the same interests. I'll first need to insure it will be as easy to use and update as Diego's Clonix series or Tony's Classic CPU board replacements. The easiest approach, for me anyway, would be to just reflash the MCU. That would require some technical expertise, which I'm sure all of you have.

A second approach, which I'm finishing up, would only require a terminal emulator like TeraTerm. A serial monitor would allow changes to configuration and transfer of ROM images. What's missing at the moment though is a bootloader to update the software itself.

The second option would take a good bit more development time, so I'm inclined to go with the first approach and offer the second at a later date. That way I could retain the ability to reflash the device if it were bricked by mistake. There are of course endless variations on those two themes, so I'd be happy to hear any thoughts on packaging things up. Feel free to email me if you have any detailed technical suggestions.

Thanks for your interest!
~Mark