[Coco] RomPack

[Coco Pilot]

Mark,
Does this mean that would should be able to use an IDE ZIP drive as well?
Think of the possibilities :D

-Ben

mmarlett at isd.net wrote:


>Steve,

>

>I'll bring along a SuperIDE to lunch today. This is the best yet and the

>SuperBoard will be along the same lines.....

>

>Last night with a BETA copy SuperDrivers from Boisy I was talking to an

>ATAPI LS-120 disk drive. Some issues yet but this package is the best

>driver ever. Bootable and senses your devices for you, SCSI, ATA/IDE and

>ATAPI. No more making descriptors!

>

>Fun stuff!

>

>Regards,

>

>Mark

>Cloud-9

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>>Thanks much, Boisy.  You and Mark continually amaze me.

>>

>>Art:

>>

>>What are the odds that the rompack is still operable?  Might the battery

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>still be working?  Probably not.  If not, is there any way to recharge the

>battery or to replace it?

>  

>

>>-- Steve --

>>

>>

>>----- Original Message -----

>>From: "Boisy G. Pitre" <boisy at boisypitre.com>

>>Date: Thursday, July 22, 2004 7:02 am

>>Subject: Re: [Coco] RomPack

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>>>There's no room to build SmartWatch support into HDB-DOS.  I've 

>>>toyed 

>>>with extending HDB-DOS to 16K, thus allowing such features as RTC 

>>>support, maybe in the future?

>>>

>>>On Jul 22, 2004, at 5:15 AM, Mark Marlette wrote:

>>>

>>>      

>>>

>>>>At 11:19 PM 7/21/2004 -0500, you wrote:

>>>>

>>>>Steve,

>>>>

>>>>Extended ADOS as I recall was a 16K EPROM. HDB-DOS has ~8 bytes 

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>>>>

>>>left 

>>>      

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>>>>in the 8K EPROM. The clock driver would have to be added and the 

>>>>functions added to make Extended HDB-DOS???? Boisy?????

>>>>

>>>>Mark

>>>>Cloud-9

>>>>

>>>>

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>>>>>Thanks, Art.  You made my day!  I actually did remember!!

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>Mark, Boisy and Art:

>>>>>

>>>>>Is it possible to have this work under HDBDOS, similar to the 

>>>>>          

>>>>>

>>>way it 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>did under XADOS3?

>>>>>

>>>>>-- Steve --

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>Arthur Flexser wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>          

>>>>>

>>>>>>To add to my previous response:  Yes, it would have come with 

>>>>>>            

>>>>>>

>>>both 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>an Ext.

>>>>>>ADOS-3 driver and (on the same disk) an OS-9 driver.  And yes, 

>>>>>>            

>>>>>>

>>>with 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>this

>>>>>>driver installed in the EADOS3 EPROM, the clock is used both 

>>>>>>            

>>>>>>

>>>to 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>display

>>>>>>the date and time at startup and for to put the date/time of 

>>>>>>creation in

>>>>>>the directory entry for saved files.

>>>>>>

>>>>>>As someone mentioned, most people used the Smartwatch directly 

>>>>>>            

>>>>>>

>>>in 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>the disk

>>>>>>controller, piggybacked with the disk ROM, but I also offered 

>>>>>>            

>>>>>>

>>>it in a

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>Rompack to be used in the MPI for folks who either couldn't 

>>>>>>            

>>>>>>

>>>get the 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>disk

>>>>>>controller's cover on with the piggybacked clock (I 

>>>>>>            

>>>>>>

>>>recommended 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>cutting a

>>>>>>hole in the cover in this case as another alternative), or who 

>>>>>>            

>>>>>>

>>>had a

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>controller with a 24-pin socket that could not readily 

>>>>>>            

>>>>>>

>>>accommodate 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>both

>>>>>>the 28-pin clock and the 28-pin EADOS3 EPROM.  (I sold a 28-to-

>>>>>>            

>>>>>>

>>>24 pin

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>adapter, but the clock's leg's were too rigid to be bent 

>>>>>>            

>>>>>>

>>>outward to 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>fit

>>>>>>into alternate holes as the adapter required.  You could use 

>>>>>>            

>>>>>>

>>>the 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>clock

>>>>>>under OS-9 without an adapter by letting 4 pins hang off the 

>>>>>>            

>>>>>>

>>>end of 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>the

>>>>>>socket, I believe.)

>>>>>>

>>>>>>Art

>>>>>>

>>>>>>On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, Steve Ostrom wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>            

>>>>>>

>>>>>>>Thanks, Mark.  I'm starting to remember something from ages 

>>>>>>>              

>>>>>>>

>>>ago.  

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>>About the time I bought ADOS or XADOS from Art, my files 

>>>>>>>              

>>>>>>>

>>>began 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>>being time/date stamped.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>Art, if you are listening in, did you sell this to me?  

>>>>>>>              

>>>>>>>

>>>Didn't it 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>>have special drivers?  Did ADOS access the SmartWatch to add 

>>>>>>>              

>>>>>>>

>>>this 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>>time information to the saved files for a creation date, or 

>>>>>>>              

>>>>>>>

>>>display 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>>the time and date at start-up?

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>-- Steve --

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>mmarlett at isd.net wrote:

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>              

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>Steve,

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>As for what the pak does, I'm not sure. The part is a 

>>>>>>>>                

>>>>>>>>

>>>SmartWatch 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>>>device,

>>>>>>>>it's battery is internal to the IC itself. They have RAM 

>>>>>>>>                

>>>>>>>>

>>>that is 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>>>battery

>>>>>>>>backed up as well. 2k-512k IIRC. Along with the standard 

>>>>>>>>                

>>>>>>>>

>>>CMOS 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>>>RTC.....

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>Mark

>>>>>>>>Cloud-9

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>                

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>I have a Coco rompack without a label that does not self-

>>>>>>>>>                  

>>>>>>>>>

>>>execute. 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>>>> Upon

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>                  

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>opening the black shell, I see a circuit board that says 

>>>>>>>>                

>>>>>>>>

>>>"ANTECO" 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>>>on the

>>>>>>>>side nearest to the spring door, and has a fairly large 

>>>>>>>>                

>>>>>>>>

>>>black 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>>>block on the

>>>>>>>>other side of the board.  This block is fixed to the circuit 

>>>>>>>>                

>>>>>>>>

>>>board 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>>>by pins.

>>>>>>>>In the middle of the block is a rectangular depression with 

>>>>>>>>                

>>>>>>>>

>>>an 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>>>exposed

>>>>>>>>chip.  This chip reads:

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>                

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>DALLAS

>>>>>>>>>DS1216-

>>>>>>>>>8911D2

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>My guess is a clock, but I don't see any kind of battery.  

>>>>>>>>>                  

>>>>>>>>>

>>>Anyone 

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>>>>know for

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>                  

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>sure what this beastie does, or who manufactured it?

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>                

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>Thanks!

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>-- Steve --

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>

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