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Well it beats shovelling snow!

What was your problem in the end with the printer?

Dave

Thanks Don.

I was using an old version of this (pre Rhialto modifications).

However, the TRAP instruction appears to generate an error. There is a line missing from source file "assemble.c".
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I am not sure those disk images have the source code to the PDP P-code emulator though (although I haven't looked yet - so I may be speaking prematurely)...

I have, however, managed to get the...

>>> Updates to follow soon.

We wait with interest...

Dave

We had a problem at work with some SRAM on a card that we are remanufacturing from the 80s.

Our first problem was power supply related.

The ‘old’ cards with the ‘old’ SRAMs were fine. The new...

First of all, welcome to VCFED.

We have found that some PIAs work and others don’t. Not sure which are which though. dave_m may be keeping track of this?

I agree that the cursor issue and the...

I would wait for BUSY=0 and /ACK=1 (as you are doing at the moment).

Next, send the desired data byte out and wait for 0.5 us (data setup time).

Next, set /STROBE=0

Wait fir BUSY to go high....

Thanks Al.

I will have a look. Hopefully, that will save some time and hassle!

Dave

>>> Also I played with UCSD Pascal on an Apple II recently. Cool stuff!
>>> I learned LSI11 was the devleopment machine for it.
>>> Any pointers to disk images ?

I am trying to find the same....

The manual states CR, but you will still need to output a LF yourself (unless you have the appropriate DIP switch set). Check the words in Appendix A against the CR code.

I also don’t think your...

That’s one of the references I was trying to find.

I suspect the voltage will fall not rise if the capacitor fails open circuit though.

Dave

Tom,

My guess about the isolated transformer secondary and capacitor would be a harmonic filter of some description.

If the capacitor goes short circuit - this will cause a high current to flow...

No, I haven’t tried this procedure before. I am just thinking out of the box :-)!

It is good that you are seeing some coupling though.

I do like Terry’s suggestion though to ground the other...

Yes, address $0000 looks fine. However, the interesting thing would be address $0001 (as stated back in post #164).

The fact that the machine appears to work consistently is good, I am just...

Hello again Ilpaninaro.

When you say "works fine" do you mean it powers up and the green light comes on only?

This is an indication that the power supply works and the the internal 6502 has...

I have been able to find the schematics for the SIM4-01 and -02 but not the -03.

If they don't exist online, could I ask that you preserve them and see if you can get a copy to Al over at...

Welcome.

We are a global mix of both hardware and software.

Plenty of people here that would welcome a new member!

I am a member of a “funny” class where I design hardware and write system...

Welcome to VCFED...

Nice little card you have there.

Let me get back to you presently about how much of a SIM4-03 you can test without a programmed EPROM...

There are old designs on the...

There may be a small market for these types of covers of course...

Dave

Thanks Jos,

I will add some of my microcode logic diagnostic code to the specific addresses around where it is playing with these locations to see what is happening...

I don't (therefore)...

I think (:-)) I have put all of the infrastructure back in for interrupts now...

I had to remove all of my diagnostic code within the I/O reads and writes - because otherwise the emulation was...

It looks like the write to ROM from the microcode is intentional (unless I have misunderstood the I/D logic somewhere - which wouldn't surprise me of course).

I have found the microcode:

Write...

The timing should be locked to a clock pulse (one of the 8 phases) and not left to the whim of a gate delay or pull-down capability.

At that frequency - any type of 'slow' gate should really work...

Hi Monty,

Yep, I have that document.

This is a listing of the microcode not the firmware itself.

It passes the 4052/4054 determination OK (yes, I did have a screw-up here as well - but...

>>> I know Dave doesn't like swapping stuff randomly, but

It worked, so I would take it!

Good to see that it passes my PETTESTER code (that is a pretty stressful test). However, I would still...