[Coco] First experiences with my DE1

[nickma2 at optusnet.com.au]

Yes Bob. This had me curious but any docs I have found state that ECB
should be at 0000 in flash RAM.

It must be right because this part is working.

I don't understand the relationship with the Flash RAM locations and
how they relate to the real address.

The CoCo3 ROM image is 32K so obviously, it occupies the whole upper
32K.

How does the CoCo3 deal with Disk Basic?

I know it copies it to RAM and then patches it for Super Extended
Basic. How is Disk Basic managed?

Nick

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Subject:Re: [Coco] First experiences with my DE1

 Nick,

 I'll admit I know nothing about the DE-1, but in a *real* coco, the
ECB rom 
 is at 08000 and the DECB is at 0C000. Are the memory locations in the
flash 
 related to the locations in the real coco? ECB looks at the two bytes
at 
 0C000 to see if DECB exists.

 Regards, Bob Devries
 Dalby, QLD, Australia

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 Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 12:44 PM
 Subject: Re: [Coco] First experiences with my DE1

 > Good startup docs are important. Look at my experiences.
 >
 > I've had all sort of problems getting a running system with the
 > CoCo3FPA yet I had the MSX core downloaded and running in 10
minutes
 > because of the easy to follow documentation/website.
 >
 > That was a BIG difference.
 >
 > In all fairness, Gary's CoCo3FPGA is still in development and
 > undergoing tweaking. My knowledge on FPGA's is close to ziltch but
I
 > managed to get the MSX core up and running easily.
 >
 > I have now joined the Yahoo groups so I'll be able to provide Gary
 > with some feedback once I get my DE1 up and running.
 >
 > As an update, I have the CoCo3 running and booting up to Extended
 > Color Basic. It's operating like a diskless CoCo3.
 >
 > My last hurdle (famous last words!) is to get the Disk Basic going.
 >
 > ECB went into the FLASH memory at 00000 and while I've put the Disk
 > Basic at 08000, it doesn't boot to it.
 >
 > After this, hopefully I can access DSK image files off the
SDCard...
 > I'm assuming that is how it works. Many things to discover....
 >
 > Nick
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