[Coco] RomPack

[Mark Marlette]

At 11:48 PM 7/21/2004 -0400, you wrote:

Even easier yet.....DOS Adapter from Cloud-9 adapts 24 to 28 pin socket for 
you. Just plug it in.

Mark
Cloud-9


>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
>It is easy to install the 28 pin clock socket into a disk controller 24 
>pin socket and use a 28 pin EPROM. At least it is electrically easy but 
>getting the cover back on was difficult.
>
>Let the clock pins 1,2,27, and 28 hang over the front of the 24 pin 
>socket. All other pins are inserted. Now take some very thin wire and 
>connect the watch socket pins 26 and 28 by inserting the short piece of 
>wire into the pin holes. Finally insert the 28 pin EPROM.
>
>If you use the original 24 pin PROM, no wire is needed.
>
>
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