[Coco] RomPack

[Arthur Flexser]

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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