[Coco] RomPack
Coco Pilot
cocopilot at verizon.net
Thu Jul 22 10:48:20 EDT 2004
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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