[Coco] E-prom cartridge and HDB-DOS

Kandur k at qdv.pw
Sat Jun 7 17:36:13 EDT 2014


Stop looking, found the Coco version's documentation and the source file too. :)
Coco version
http://qdv.pw/eng/_photos/Computers/Coco/Humbug/Color Computer Humbug.jpg
6800 - 6802 - 6809 HUMBUG
http://qdv.pw/eng/_photos/Computers/Coco/Humbug/6800 - 6802 - 6809 HUMBUG (R).htm

Kandur

Saturday, June 7, 2014, 1:59:54 PM, you wrote:
> Peter Stark sold 'Coco specific' Humbugs, like mine.
> "Since HUMBUG directly controls the I/O
> hardware of the system, it must be customized to
> the specific system it is to run on. 
> It is currently available on several computer
> systems (such as the PT68K-2), already
> configured and installed in an EPROM. 
> In such systems, the price of HUMBUG is already
> included in the system price. "
> A number of commands in the quoted link don't work with my version
> I'm looking for the Coco versions documentation.
> Here are some photos of the chip's memory dump.
> http://qdv.pw/eng/_photos/Computers/Coco/Humbug/Humbug-a-3430.jpg
> http://qdv.pw/eng/_photos/Computers/Coco/Humbug/Humbug-c-3417.jpg

> Kandur

> Saturday, June 7, 2014, 12:32:11 AM, you wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Arthur Flexser wrote:
>>> Could this be the same Humbug?

>>> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~stark/hum68k.htm

>> Yes, the two letter commands are similar.
>> Kandur's photo shows this
>> scribbled on the back of the cartridge:
>> HUMBUG:
>> :MM D000 F1000
>>         3000
>> :JU 3000

>> The JU command matches well, but there seems to be a MM memory move
>> command that is not documented in your link.

>> Tormod


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