[Coco] Older MPI with CoCo 3

Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
Mon Sep 28 23:20:03 EDT 2015


I would think that if you weren't using OS-9 (NitrOS-9) you could get by
without any MPI upgrade. Though I have heard it claimed that this puts
extra wear and tear on the GIME--I'm not hardware-oriented enough to judge
the accuracy of that claim.

Art

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 9:05 PM, Robert Hermanek <rhermanek at centurytel.net>
wrote:

> Well, and perhaps someone can chime in as to whether the upgrade is really
> "needed" or not?  As I understand it, an un-modified MPI only interferes
> with some of the coco3's interrupt processes... but in most situations,
> i.e. just plugging some of your favorite carts all in at once, there will
> not necessarily be a problem.
>
> I did not notice any issues with MPI+coco3 until I was doing some very
> specific interrupt related ML programming.  Then I ran with my hat in my
> hand to Cloud9 and they fixed me up :)
>
> -RobertH
>
>
>
> On 9/28/2015 6:44 PM, Corey Bryant wrote:
>
>> I just picked up an older MPI off of EBay and I am under the impression
>> that I'll need to swap out a chip or two in order for this thing to work
>> with a CoCo 3.   What am I going to need for this?   Are the chips still
>> available?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Corey
>>
>>
>>
>
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