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RE: [N8VEM-S100:4164] Multiple Rom Monitors and a conflict



Thomas, need data!

What Z80 board do you have. Is it the V2a (recent version)

Does the Z80 monitor sign on, do you see the initial “#” character on the screen.

If so how does the memory map look.

Can you display RAM at E000H, is it RAM or ROM

Can you even get the IDE ROM to sign on, if so how far.

Will the IDE ROM work at say 1000H in RAM when Reassembled

Likewise for the Z80 Monitor.

 

These basic types of tests with the answers are required before anybody can realistically help you.

 

The V2a board decodes the A12 address line so the Z80 should be in the upper half of your EPROM the IDE stuff in the lower.  Make sure your prom  burner is not erasing one while writing the other.

Check and display the initial final EEPROM contents before using it

Good luck

John

 

 

 

From: n8vem...@googlegroups.com [mailto:n8vem...@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 3:13 PM
To: n8vem...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [N8VEM-S100:4164] Multiple Rom Monitors and a conflict

 

Hi John, Thomas,

 

Could this be the problem:

 

from S100computers.com:

"Note if you decide to use a EEPROM such as a Samsung MK28C64A 8KX8, you have to place it at an 8 K boundary. So in high RAM this would be at E000H.  If you want to use E000H-FFFFH for your monitor then that's fine."

 

Rick Bromagem

 

From: John Monahan <mo...@vitasoft.org>
To: n8vem...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 2:58 PM
Subject: RE: [N8VEM-S100:4163] Multiple Rom Monitors and a conflict

 

Dave has become the de facto IDE board guy so I’ll let him answer,  but where are your disk RAM buffer variables etc.  stored.   The Z80 monitor will try and find the top of RAM for the stack. It always puts out a “#” character as the very first thing it does to indicate it’s alive.  Without a description of exactly what you mean by “but not together” it’s not possible to really help.

Please describe symptoms in detail.

 

John

 

 

From: n8vem...@googlegroups.com [mailto:n8vem...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Owen
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 2:42 PM
To: n8vem...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [N8VEM-S100:4163] Multiple Rom Monitors and a conflict

 

Hello Everyone,

I have a problem I hope someone can answer as I am just not sure where to start.

I have a copy of Master Z80 in Rom that resides at F000.  I also have a version of MYIDEROM that was put together by David Fry to allow boot from the IDE CF 'no holes' version.  This rom is at E000.

Now, both roms will function just fine in the system by themselves, but not together and I don't know why.  I think it has to do with a common stack or other common area, and I can certainly change the code in one or the other to make it work.

Does anyone know right off why this is happening?  Which code would you change and why?

Thanks for all the help.

Thomas

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