[Coco] MPI help needed

tonym tonym at compusource.net
Wed Jun 11 09:05:30 EDT 2014


That was my plan, but I wanted to verify it worked before I sent it to him.
I was going to ask him to do that MPI mod you mentioned, as the -3024 is just a PAL swap. I suck at cutting traces and stuff like that :)

Knowing Mark, he'd probably fix it, and not say anything, which isn't fair to him :)

I have a -3124 to send to him for the satellite board upgrade anyways, so it looks like they will keep each other company on the journey...

Tony
tonym at compusource.net


---- Original Message ----
From: "Gene Heskett" <gheskett at wdtv.com>
Sent: 6/11/2014 3:20:14 AM
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Subject: Re: [Coco] MPI help needed

On Tuesday 10 June 2014 23:41:52 Bill Nobel did opine
And Gene did reply:
> Anyways, tonym,  I think you might have a dead mpi.  Really sounds like
> the selection hardware is gone.
> 
> Bill Nobel

I wouldn't call it dead, but its acting like a logic failure in that area, 
and probably is going to need some poking into with a decent scope.  You 
could maybe kill 2 birds here by sending it to Mark, who could put the 
coco3 pal kit in it at the same time?
> 
> On Jun 10, 2014, at 9:28 PM, tonym <tonym at compusource.net> wrote:
> > Tried what you said before, rompak in slot 3, switch set to 1.
> > type poke &HFF7F,&H22, and the ROMPAK immediately fired up (Mega
> > Bugs)
> > 
> > Just to clarify, no matter WHAT slot # the switch is set to, ROMpak
> > works in slot 1. And does not work in the slot the switch is set to.
> > 
> > Tony
> > tonym at compusource.net
> > 
> > 
> > ---- Original Message ----
> > From: "Arthur Flexser" <flexser at fiu.edu>
> > Sent: 6/10/2014 11:12:13 PM
> > To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] MPI help needed
> > 
> > Another possibility is that the autostart has been deliberately or
> > accidentally disabled on slots other than 1.  You could try setting
> > the switch to a slot other than the one that works, putting a rompak
> > in that slot, and then trying EXEC&HE010 to see if that starts up
> > the rompak.
> > 
> > Art
> > 
> > On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:47 PM, tonym <tonym at compusource.net> wrote:
> >> OK gents...
> >> 
> >> Need an assist... Pulled out an old grey -3024 (not yet modified)
> >> out of the mothballs.
> >> Plugged it in, into a coco3. Can't get anything but slot 1 to work,
> >> no matter WHAT slot the switch is on.
> >> 
> >> Using a rompak, tried all 4 slot, using their respective switch
> >> position, only slot 1 worked.
> >> 
> >> Putting switch on slot 2, pak works in slot 1, same thing for switch
> >> to slot 3, slot 1 works, same with switch set to slot 4, slot 1
> >> works.
> >> 
> >> Any ideas?
> >> 
> >> Tony
> >> tonym at compusource.net
> >> 
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