[Coco] RomPack
mmarlett at isd.net
mmarlett at isd.net
Thu Jul 22 11:29:50 EDT 2004
Ben,
Boisy has already done that device. SuperDrivers is the package and is in
final beta.
Think of the possibilites????? 24/7! :)
Regards,
Mark
>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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Thanks much, Boisy. You and Mark continually amaze me.
>>>
>>>Art:
>>>
>>>What are the odds that the rompack is still operable? Might the battery
>>>
>>>
>>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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>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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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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