Hello Marko, Wednesday, 4 August 99, you wrote: Marko> Yes, of course I'm interested. Perhaps then I will finally have a disk Marko> copier that does its job in a reasonable amount of time (such as 1-2 Marko> minutes). My version copies one 1541 diskside under 25 sec. Marko> What about using fuses on each line? :-) Or ferrit rings at each line :-)) >> Marko> With careful design, you could make the software auto-detect on which >> Marko> computer it is running. :-) >> >> Hmmm. How? Eg. KERNAL patch. Make all routines in 3 or 4 versions? Marko> Make the default load address $0401, because that is the start address of Marko> PET BASIC programs. Then assume that the load address is $xx01 and invoke Marko> the machine language with a line of BASIC code: Marko> 1999 SYS256*PEEK(44)+something Marko> Then the machine language will detect its running address Marko> (LDA#$60:STA$0100:JSR$0100:TSX:LDA$01xx,X and so on) and patch the Marko> routines and/or the routine that installs them accordingly. The hardware Marko> can be detected by looking at some ROM locations or at some locations that Marko> ought to have I/O chips. That usable only for software's. But what about changing firmwares? >> Don't know. Maybe you can source 74HCT74 from LPT port of PC too. Marko> I wouldn't count on that. There are so many different types of PC Marko> parallel ports around. It is true that this cable is only designed for Marko> PS/2-style parallel ports, but having seen how many differences there are Marko> between the "traditional" PC parallel port designs, I would rather do the Marko> kludges on the Commodore side. Well. But outputs are mostly at same place on any LPT port. If you use bidirectional 8-bit lines, you have 4 extra lines for power. Marko> So, is it safe to use the DIAG input as a power source, and does it have Marko> other functions than activating the diagnostic routines? I never had deals with PET models. Best regards, Frank - This message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list. To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tcm.hut.fi.
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