[Coco] POKEs and PEEKs in NitrOS-9?

tim lindner tlindner at macmess.org
Mon Dec 1 11:54:38 EST 2014


On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Bill Pierce via Coco
<coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>
> Bill, in OS9, the roms for a cart are not used and have no meaning. Therefore setting the MPI to a certain slot
> really does nothing as this really just sets the active rom. The buss addresses for carts are accessed regardless of
> position of the slot switch.

This isn't correct. The FDC in a floppy controller is addressed by the
SCS* line and the SCS* line is switched by the MPI.

So software is fully in control to select any of the floppy
controllers in the MPI.

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tim lindner


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