Briefly - what the MB03+ provides and can do.

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Dec 7, 2019, 7:45:48 AM12/7/19
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Here is a brief summary of the main basic features and functions the MB03+ currently provides:


Slots and connectors

  • CompactFlash(IDE) card slot

  • 2x microSD card slots

  • USB port for PC connection and user-friendly firmware update

  • second USB connector for PC Mouse (K-Mouse emulation)

  • Display Port/HDMI video output

  • Stereo jack output

Buttons

  • Reset

  • Extra

  • NMI

Memory chips

  • 16MBytes SRAM

  • 4MBytes Fast SRAM

  • 2MBytes FLASH

  • FRAM 8KB

  • all RAMs are expandable through expansion sockets

Memory layouts

  • MB02+ memory layout

  • DivIDE memory layout

  • divMMC memory layout

  • MB03+ and Ultimate memory layout

  • paging per 8K

  • ROM out + allram mode with memory write protection

Special chips and circuity

  • RTC DS3234 - Real Time Clock with SRAM

  • optional WiFi ESP8266 module

  • LED display

  • internal expansions sockets

FPGA implemented - mass storage interfaces

  • DivIDE

  • DivMMC

  • MBIDE


FPGA implemented - video and graphics capabilities

  • DVI/HDMI output
  • ULA+
  • Timex HiColour (8*1 attributes) and HiRes (512*192) modes
  • Gigascreen without flickering, also for ZX Spectrum 48

FPGA implemented - sound interfaces

  • 3xAY sound chip, incl. TurboSound

  • SAA1099 sound chip

  • Soundrive/Czech DA/Stereo Covox/Specdrum

  • General Sound

  • ULA sound (beeper)

FPGA implemented - special interfaces

  • CustomROM - up to 8 16KB ROMs or 2 set of 64KB (+2A/+3) ROMs

  • legacy Real Time Clock - RTC72421

  • Z80-DMA (data storage and memory transfers accelerator)

  • K-Mouse (3 buttons)

  • LCU – HW calculator and LED display controller

Firmware

  • Ultimate firmware - a quick startup with options, switchable configurations

  • bios config storage in SRAM

  • BSDOS flashed and ready to run

  • ESXDOS for DivIDE flashed and ready to run

  • ESXDOS for DivMMC flashed and ready to run

  • TRDOS emulated via ESXDOS

  • ready to flash other systems: UnoDOS, +divide, ResiDOS and MDOS3

  • PC FAT-formatted media and PC-emulation file-formats supported in ESXDOS


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