[Coco] RomPack

mmarlett at isd.net mmarlett at isd.net
Thu Jul 22 11:29:50 EDT 2004


Ben,

Boisy has already done that device. SuperDrivers is the package and is in
final beta.

Think of the possibilites?????  24/7! :)

Regards,

Mark

>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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