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Debug RTC Interrupt initialisation by firmware.

"Check RTC" message is not consistently displayed on startup when firmware boots.

The BIOS only inputs from one of either the keyboard or serial input on boot. This is confusing, since output is to both the LED display and serial output.

When IOBYTE is CRT, input from both keyboard and serial.

When Y-Modem starts a transfer, disable the serial read.

Keyboard map is missing the "" character for CTRL-B

Hello,

I learned about your MicroBeast Computer Kit from Hacker News. From the few images I saw it looks great.

I wanted to make a suggestion - add a few tutorial videos to your website (or ask someone that is passionate about 8-bit computers to do it for you) e.g. how to build the kit, how to write a small program, build it and run it on the device, remote development from a more powerful machine. People will be more inclined to buy it if they see the computer in action.

(As a point of comparison, check how many videos are on YouTube about something like Agon Light 2 or RC2014. It could really help people decide if they want to buy and play with your device).

Best wishes,
Paul

Add a jump table for BIOS and firmware routines, so that user programs can call them directly.

For example:

• Play tone
• Wait for key
• Display write
• I2C comms

etc.

Currently, the memory editor returns to the main menu/clock after code is executed.

Change that to continue in the editor, to enable iterative hacking..

The Ctrl and Shift keys make keys produce the symbols above and below the main character on those keys. However, the shift key is below the ctrl key. This is the other way round to most conventional keyboards, and opposite to the symbols they produce.

Swap the meaning of the keys in the BIOS.