3) SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON THE 68hc11


3.1) FTP sites


    The following is a list of the various anonymous ftp sites that have
    68hc11 source code and programming languages.  There are many others
    that  are not listed here that contains bits and pieces.  Usually you
    can find them using Archie and searching for "68hc11", "6811", or
    "hc11".

    freeware.aus.sps.mot.com (Motorola)
        - the ftp site version of the freeware BBS
        - lots of free software for the HC05, HC08, HC11, HC16, 680x0,
          683xx, and PowerPC

    ftp.ee.ualberta.ca (preferred address)
    bode.ee.ualberta.ca
    wattson.ee.ualberta.ca
        - Circuit Cookbook
        - HUGE archive of all sorts of stuff on the 68hc11 (lots of other
          good stuff too!)
        - you'll have fun mucking around this ftp site, there's piles of
          stuff here
        /pub/motorola
        /pub/motorola/68hc11
        /pub/motorola/mcu11

    cherupakha.media.mit.edu (cher.media.mit.edu)
        - HUMUNGOUS archive of all sorts of stuff on the 68hc11 including
          the 6.270 robotics project, Mini Board, F1 board, and more
          (lots of other good stuff too!)
        - you'll lose yourself rooting around this ftp site, there's
          heaps of stuff here (assemblers, tools, C compilers, plans and
          schematics, and many other items)
        /pub/projects - tools, docs, schematics, etc. for the MIT 6.270
          robotics project using a 68hc11-based development system
        /pub/6811 - software, schematics, etc. for the 68hc11-based F1
          board
        /pub/incoming - various unsorted or new items
        /pub/miniboard - software, docs, schematics, etc. for the 3"x2",
          68hc11-based Mini Board controller

    ftp.funet.fi (nic.funet.fi)
        - this is a good one, too
        /pub/microprocs/6811
        other subdirectories in /pub/microprocs include:
          1802, 6805, 8048, 8051, 8096 and many other microprocessors

    ernie.uvic.ca
        - files provided by local Motorola representative
        /mcu11
        other subdirectories include: ibm, dsp96k, dsp56100, dsp56k,
        dsptools, develop, mac, mcu302, mcu332, mcu11, pgmr, mcu16, mcu,
        market, qa, general, m68k, evm, dsp (a little bit of something
        for everyone)

    hipp.etsu.edu
        /pub/hc11
        /pub/hc11/Mcintosh.Evb.Disk - Macintosh software for EVB
        /pub/hc11/beacon - navigation project for mc68hc811e2-based
           robots

    hpcsos.col.hp.com
        /misc/ns32k/beowulf

    ftp.netcom.com
        /pub/imagecft - version 0.50 (prerelease) of ImageCraft C

    info@circellar.com - Email (not ftp)
        - send Email to get information file on services available
        - all Circuit Cellar INK and BYTE related files available

    ftp.luth.se
        /pub/languages/assembler
        /pub/misc/motorola - lots of stuff

    crl.nmsu.edu
        /pub/non-lexical/6811 - AS11 assembler and other misc files

    ftp.stack.urc.tue.nl
        /pub2/scrumpel/
        - ftp site for the 68HC11 workgroup
        - Scrumpel monitor (SCRUMPEL.ZIP), a nice monitor with
          simple breakpoint features, lots of memory accessing
          features
        - Buggy101.ARJ, a program for their robot project
        - soon to come Disk Operating System
        - documentation on the Scrumpel 6g microcrontroller system

    asterix.inescn.pt - FORTH archive
        /pub/forth/68hc11


3.2) Web pages


    http://motserv.indirect.com (WWW page)
        - Semiconductor WWW page
        - on-line searchable Master Selection Guide and OEM Price Book
        - 'MFax' service to request all kinds of data sheets
        - a bunch of other cool stuff

    http://freeware.aus.sps.mot.com/index.html (WWW page)
        - Motorola's microcontroller WWW page
        - the WWW version of the freeware BBS
        - lots of free software for the HC05, HC08, HC11, HC16, 680x0,
          683xx, and PowerPC

    http://www.oritools.com/info
        - Orion Instruments web page
        - information on the Orion product line
        - my microcontroller FAQs on-line here

    http://www.stack.urc.tue.nl/~hcc6811
        - Scrumpel web page

    http://www.newmicros.com/
        - New Micro web page

    http://www.io.org/~techart/
        - Technological Arts web page

    http://worf.albanyis.com.au/bobhome.html
        - Bob Gunn's web page of hc11 prices, etc


3.3) Mailing Lists


    Mini Board and 6.270 board
        - To subscribe, send the message "subscribe robot-board" to
          majordomo@cmf.nrl.navy.mil.  To get a daily digest of the
          list, one can subscribe to "robot-board-digest" using the
          same procedure.
        - The mailing list address is robot-board@cmf.nrl.navy.mil
        - The list maintainer is now Ken Hornstein kenh@cmf.nrl.navy.mil

    68hc11 mailing list
        - for information, send empty message to listserv@hipp.etsu.edu
        - to join, send the message "subscribe mc68hc11 your_real_name"
          to listserv@hipp.etsu.edu

    Imagecraft C
        - to join, send the message "subscribe icc11-list" to
          listserv@netcom.com


3.4) BBSs


    The following BBSs have 68hc11 information:

    Austin Texas Motorola BBS
        - terrific, has piles of stuff, only some of which is on
          bode.ee.ualberta.ca
        - (512) 891-3733 (Austin, Texas)
        - V.32 9600 Baud modems w/ MNP-5
        - 8 Data Bits, No Parity, 1 Stop Bit.

    Other Motorola BBSs:
        - Munich, Germany:  49-89-92103-111
        - Stuttgart, Germany:  49-7031-275496   (19200 baud)
        - San Diego, California:  (619) 279-3907
        - Toronto, Canada (no longer in operation)

    Circuit Cellar, Inc.
        - contains code from their magazine articles and from the
          original Circuit Cellar articles in Byte magazine, also
          contains many other interesting items
        - The BBS is mentioned in the masthead of each issue (on the
          table of contents page).  Excerpts from the BBS appear in Ken
          Davidson's ConnecTime column in every issue with a description
          of how to access the system at the end of every column.
        - (203)871-1988
        - Voice: (203)875-2751
        - Fax: (203)872-2204

    Dunfield Development Systems
        - support for their Micro-C and development tools
        - lots of goodies with some items contributed from BBS users
        - (613)256-6289 (new phone number)
        - v32/v42/HST

    Electronics Now
        - contains code from their magazine articles
        - (516)293-2283
        - 1200/2400
        - 8 Data Bits, No parity, 1 Stop bit

    Elektronik Laden Mikrocomputer GmbH
        - product descriptions and sample code
        - +49-05232/85112, 14.4k 8n1

    Jens Holm's electronics BBS:
        - one of a number of BBSs that are networked over most of the
          industrial part of Europe
        - +45-86-510356 (Denmark)
        - distributes all shareware and freeware software which
          relates to electronics
        - system administrator - Jens Holm
          jholm@bjarke.nrg.dtu.dk or Jens.holm@asgaard.dk

    Maus BBS
        - contains most of the files of Motorola's Munich Mailbox but
          much faster baud rate
        - Boeblingen, Germany (near Stuttgart)
        - 49-7031-275496.

    New Micros
        - support for their line of development systems
        - (214)339-2321

    PseudoCorp
        - support for their line of simulators and assemblers
        - (804)873-4838

    Scrumpel BBS
        - Forth and 68hc11 software
        - also new implementations of eForth and FIG Forth, as well as a
          new Forth implementation
        - +31-40-2527266


3.5) Help available!


    This is a new feature in the FAQ.  To be listed here are individuals
    who have expressed interest in helping others with hardware and
    software problems for 68hc11 systems.  Thanks to Nick Brok who
    volunteered to be the first on the list.

    Does any one else out there think that they can help?  Just let me
    know what your areas of specialization are and I'll add your name to
    the list.  Thanks!

    Nick Brok 
       Operating systems, Forth, hardware

    Martin A. Smith 
       Assembly language, sensor interfacing, hardware and system design,
       embedded control systems, and instrumentation