[Oberon] OberonStation

[Bob Walkden]

Hi Chris,

That looks really useful. I was browsing your site over the weekend and noticed it. I'll definitely get a copy when you release it.

Is the dongle a commercial one? If so can you let me know which one, please - it will save me some research.

Ta,
B

> On 24 Nov 2015, at 13:12, Chris Burrows <chris at cfbsoftware.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> I have solved the backup problem in a different way. I use Astrobe for RISC5
> for developing with an OberonStation. I keep all of the Oberon sources on
> Windows and just compile and upload the executables (*.rsc) files at 115200
> baud to the OberonStation via an RS232 dongle. 
> 
> This version of Astrobe will be generally available (for no charge) within a
> week or two. See the announcement on the OberonStation forum:
> 
> http://oberonstation.x10.mx/smf/index.php?topic=15.0
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chris Burrows
> CFB Software
> http://www.astrobe.com
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Oberon [mailto:oberon-bounces at lists.inf.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of
>> Bob Walkden
>> Sent: Tuesday, 24 November 2015 11:09 PM
>> To: ETH Oberon and related systems
>> Subject: [Oberon] OberonStation (was: Numerical CASE Statements in
>> Project Oberon)
>> 
>> I've also just bought an OberonStation. On Saturday I managed to
>> delete all the object files on the SD card... :0(
>> 
>> It's a great piece of kit and a really minimalistic implementation of
>> Oberon (I also have NO running on a Thinkpad from the 90s).
>> Definitely tightrope walking without a safety net, so I'm also
>> setting up a nrf24l01 network using an Arduino attached to a PC so
>> that I can backup my own files from the SD card. It's likely to be a
>> bit Heath Robinson.
>> 
>> I downloaded the image onto another SD card to recover. For some
>> reason the image wouldn't fit on the original 2gb card.
>> 
>> Good job I hadn't actually developed anything beyond little test
>> modules.
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
>> 
>>> On 24 Nov 2015, at 12:26, John Stout <JSS at kgv.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I've just bought an OberonStation and am getting to grips with it.
>> I think the first task is to get another nRF24L01+ system working so
>> that I can transfer stuff to and from it.
>> --
>> Oberon at lists.inf.ethz.ch mailing list for ETH Oberon and related
>> systems https://lists.inf.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/oberon
> 
> --
> Oberon at lists.inf.ethz.ch mailing list for ETH Oberon and related systems
> https://lists.inf.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/oberon