[Coco] RomPack

[Mark Marlette]

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 left 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


>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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