[Coco] RomPack

[Steve Ostrom]

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,
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>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.....
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>Mark
>Cloud-9
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>>I have a Coco rompack without a label that does not self-execute.  Upon
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>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:
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>>DALLAS
>>DS1216-
>>8911D2
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>>My guess is a clock, but I don't see any kind of battery.  Anyone know for
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>sure what this beastie does, or who manufactured it?
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>>Thanks!
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>>-- Steve --
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