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HELP: Does anyone know if
the Smith
Corona XD 6500 or XD 6100 can be interfaced to a computer? Also need a
replacement carriage control switch for ADAM printer. Contact Noris J.
Sparks, 1021 West Second St., Little Rock, AR 72201.
QUESTION: I have a sprite
table all
set up (10 sprites) and I cannot find a place to put it that it will
let me use. Every space that I have tried does something unusual to the
operating system. Jason Cwik, 7355 Berkshire Ct., Maple Grove, MN
55369. Answer: The only places that can be used have to be
reserved with either the LOMEM or HIMEM statement in BASIC. You will
have to calculate the amount of space needed and then allow for that
when you change the memory parameters. It is possible that ten sprites
may take up a little too much space.
WANTED: Living outside of
the US and
am unable to obtain used ADAM products. If anyone can help please send
a list and your price to Neil Allen, P.O. Box 132, Pietermarizburg
3200. South Africa. Return to Top
00H - MasterThese are the values that many of the system calls need and are identified as FCB_DEVICE. The rest of the technical information is presented in the following pages.
01H - Keyboard
02H - Printer
03H - Reserved
04H - Disk Drive #1
05H - Disk Drive #2
06H - Reserved
07H - Reserved
08H- Data Drive #1
18H- Data Drive #2
09H - Reserved
OAH - Reserved
OBH - Reserved
OCH - Reserved
ODH - Parallel Interface
OEH - RS-232 Interface
OFH - Gateway
| PIN |
TYPE |
REFER TO TABLE |
PIN |
TYPE |
REFER TO TABLE |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 |
Ground Ground BD3 Tristate, I/O BA14 Tristate, I/O Y2 LS138 decoder output Y1 LS138 decoder output HALT BWR Tristate output NMI input/output SPINNER INT DISABLE input BUSRQ input BD1 Tristate, I/O Z80 Reset input BD0 Tristate, I/O BM1 Tristate output BD7 Tristate, I/O BA1 Tristate output BD4 Tristate, I/O BA2 Tristate BA4 Tristate output BA13 Tristate output BA5 Tristate output BA6 Tristate output BA7 Tristate output BA8 Tristate output BA9 Tristate output BA10 Tristate output AUX DECODE 1 input AUX DECODE 2 input Bold Italic denotes active low |
1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1 1 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1 1 |
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 |
Audio input Video input enable +9VDC NTSC Composite video input, 6VDC, 1.5 VAC GAME MODE RESET output Sound chip 76489 disable, 0 volts DC Not in use BA11 Tristate output BA12 Tristate output VDP Sync/Reset input BIORQ Tristate output Not used Not used BA15 Tristate output BA3 Tristate output B03.58 MHz clock BD2 Tristate, I/O BA0 Tristate output BD5 Tristate, I/O BRFSH Tristate output WAIT input INT input BUSAK output BRD Tristate output BMREQ Tristate output IORQ output AUDIO 76489 RDY output +12V +5V +5V -5V |
1, 2 1, 2 1 1 1, 2 1,2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1 1, 2 |
| SIGNAL BDO-BD7 BA0-BA15 BWR BRD BMREQ IORQ BIORQ BRFSH RST O WAIT ADDRBUFEN 245EN BUSRQ BUSAK BM1 CVRST AUXDECODE1 INT SPINDIS Audio Out Audio In AUX VID VID GATE CLK, RSTDIS SEL4, SEL2 HALT, NMI AUXDECODE2 VIDRST |
DESCRIPTION 8 bidirectional data lines. BD0 is least significant, BD7 is most significant. 16 address lines to Memory and I/O Board. BA0 is least significant, BA15 is most significant. Output of Z80 to Memory and I/O Board; write strobe used to output data during an I/O or memory operation. Indicates a write operation. Output of Z80 to Memory and I/O Board; read strobe used to clock data into the Z80 during an I/O or memory operation. Output of Z80 to Memory and I/O Board; indicates present read or write operation is directed to memory or memory-mapped devices. Same as BMREQ, but indicates an I/O operation instead of memory or memory-mapped devices. Output of Z80 to Memory and I/O Board; indicates BA0-BA6 contain a row address for the required dynamic memory refresh. (An eighth row address bit is generated by the MIOC 'RA7'.) Generated by the MIOC as a result of either a game CVRST or computer PBRST reset. It connects to and resets the Colecovision or CPU Board. System clock generated on Colecovision or CPU Boards. Line connects to Memory and I/O Board. (NOTE: Actual SIGNAL symbol listed in ECN appeared to be a O with a capital I through it - can't reproduce it in HTML). Used to insert extra clock cycles into Z80 timing during opcode fetch cycles and when accessing slow memory or I/O. Excessive use of WAIT causes inadequate dynamic RAM refresh. An active low signal enables to address and control signal buffers between the Colecovision or CPU Board, and the Memory and I/O Board. The control signals are BRD, BWR, BRFSH, BMREQ, BM1, and BIORQ. A high level disables these signals from the Z80, and allows them to go tristate (high-impedence). This occurs during a DMA cycle where another device needs to access memory or devices on the emory and I/O Board. See BUSRD and BUSAK. Same as ADDRBUFEN except 245EN controls the buffer for BD0 through BD7 data lines to CPU or Colecovision buffer board. BUSRQ (unbuffered) is generated by the MIOC as the result of a DMA request. The BUSRQ signal requests that the Z80 relinquish the address and data busses and certain control signals at the end of its current cycle. After receiving the BUSRQ the Z80 responds with a BUSAQ (buffered) signal to indicate it has relinquished the bus. The Z80 remains in an inactive state until the controlling device removes the BUSRQ signal. The BUSRQ line connects to the Colecovision or CPU Board. Generally, only the master 6801 may assert a BUSRQ. Output of the Z80 from CPU of Colecovision Board; indicates the present memory cycle is an opcode fetch (start of next instruction). This signal generates an RST to the Z80 processor. Also reset are the MIOC and master 6801. CVRST initializes the MIOC memory map such that addresses from 0-1FFFH enable the OS-7 ROM; 2000H through 7FFFH enable the OS-7 ROM; 2000H through 7FFFH enable RAM1; and 8000H through FFFFH enables the game cartridge. Generated by Memory and I/O Board. Selects or deselects the OS-7 ROM. Active low, this signal is an input to the Z80 and results in a maskable interrupt which directs the Z80 to respond to some external event. Allows disabling of spinner interrupts by the hand controllers. Active low. These signals are not used on the Memory and I/O Board but are made available at the expansion connector. |
| PIN |
TYPE |
PIN |
TYPE |
PIN |
TYPE |
PIN |
TYPE |
PIN |
TYPE |
| 1 |
D2 |
7 |
A0 |
13 |
RF Ground |
19 |
A13 |
25 |
A7 |
| 2 |
CS3* |
8 |
D5 |
14 |
All |
20 |
A14 |
26 |
A9 |
| 3 |
D1 |
9 |
A1 |
15 |
A3 |
21 |
A5 |
27 |
CS4* |
| 4 |
D3 |
10 |
D6 |
16 |
A10 |
22 |
CS2* |
28 |
A8 |
| 5 |
D0 |
11 |
A2 |
17 |
A4 |
23 |
A6 |
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| 6 |
D4 |
12 |
D7 |
18 |
CS1* |
24 |
A12 |
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30 +5V Typical available current 0.2A 29 Digital Ground |
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| *LS138 Decoder
output. |
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| PIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
TYPE Indirect D0 input Indirect D2 imput Indirect D3 input Indirect D1 input Strobe signal output, Common 1 Indirect D6 input Indirect D5 input Strobe signal output, Common 0 Indirect INT input |
|
PIN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
COLOR Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet --- --- |
VOLTAGE/DESCRIPTION 12VL VDC +.508V -.6V +12I VDC +.497V -.6V +5.075 VDC +.079V -.255V -5.15VDC +.25V Ground AdamNet Reset Drain No Wire |
| VOLTAGE +5V -5V +12VI +12VL |
FULL
LOAD CURRENT 2.75A 0.2A 0.6A 0.3A |
| VOLTAGE +5VL +12VI +18V (unreg.) |
FULL
LOAD CURRENT 0.25A 1.95A 1.0A |
| PRODUCT
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