Questions about Pentagon128

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From Kirill Frolov To All 24 May 1999

Press RESET immediately, Roman!

16 May 99 17:19, Roman Milukov wrote to Aleksandr Jarmakov:

AJ>> - what needs to be corrected in the circuit to achieve the correct
AJ>> INT signal duration ?

RM> Usually it is enough to replace capacitor C6, set it to 5600 pF (at
RM> R17=1K), and that’s it.

Depends on the microcircuit, temperature... By the way, a capacitor with the correct TKE
must be selected... It’s easier to make a purely digital shaper. Or put a variable
and then spin it.

AJ>> - how to implement the FF port?

RM> IMHO no one needs it now.

How about launching ancient games?

Kirill Frolov. [ZX]


From Alex Letaev To All 27 May 1999

Hello Kirill Frolov! In a message of 24 May 99 Kirill Frolov wrote to Roman Milukov:

KF> we need to select... It’s easier to make a purely digital shaper. Or
KF> put a variable
KF>, and then turn it.

In the INT driver, place a variable in parallel with the resistor, and
adjust the INT as it warms up (for a turbo, you don’t need to do this). If there is a strong drift with
warming up, the mikruha in front of the shaper changes. If your computer has a turbo, you can do something like Scorpio, without any capacitors
and resistors.

Regards, Alex from FFC COMPUTERS.

>E-MAIL: asde...@softhome.net ICQ: #13064553


From Ivan Mak To All 28 May 1999

Greetings, Alex!

On the day of Alex Letaev wrote to Kirill Frolov:

AL> A variable is placed in the INT driver in parallel with the resistor, and
AL> the INT is adjusted to warm up (for a turbo, this is not necessary). If there is a strong drift with
AL> warming up, the mikruha in front of the shaper changes. If
AL> the computer has a turbo, you can do something like Scorpio, without any
AL> capacitors and resistors.

/INT just needs to be returned to “1” by /IORQ or /M1. And if there is no confirmation
of the interruption, then let it stand for ten microseconds, and then it will return to “1”

┌───┐
frame pulse ──║──┬─────┬─┤ o───── /INT
C │ ┌┴┐└───┘
┌───┐ │ R│ │
/IORQ ───┤ 1 │ │ └┬┘
/M1 ───┤ ├────┤<├──┴─┤<├─┤
└───┘ ─┴─

Wow! The Protoss are attacking my Zerlings! It's time to get going. Ivan...

From Roman Milukov To All 28 May 1999

This is not simpler, but more complicated.
I once tinkered with this, adjusted it... But it works equally well,
if I kept within some fairly wide limits. This is all nonsense.

From Kirill Frolov To All 30 May 1999

Press RESET immediately, Ivan!

28 May 99 03:58, Ivan Mak wrote to Alex Letaev:

IM> ┌───┐
IM> frame pulse ──║──┬─────┬─┤ o───── /INT
IM> C │ ┌┴┐└───┘
IM> ┌───┐ │ R│ │
IM> /IORQ ───┤ 1 │ │ └┬┘
IM> /M1 ───┤ ├────┤<├──┴─┤<├─┤
IM> └───┘ ─┴─


In kai this is done on one 555IR16 chip.


Kirill Frolov. [ZX]


From Alex Letaev To All 2 June 1999

Hello Kirill Frolov! In a message of 30 May 99 Kirill Frolov wrote to Ivan Mak:

KF> Where is this done on one 555IP16 microcircuit.

Is it difficult to throw it in? Otherwise, Kai's scheme is not very bright.

From Ivan Mak To All 2 June 1999

Wow! The Protoss are attacking my Zerlings! It's time to get going. Ivan.

- Divorce the scheme, big and small.. [ Sprinter-II ] [Forth-CPU] [ZX]

... My new E-mail: ivan...@mail.ru

From Kirill Frolov To All 3 June 1999

IM> And in Sprinter on two logical cells.

And this cockroach costs $7. And IR16 is many times cheaper.

Kirill Frolov. [ZX]


From Ivan Mak To All 3 June 1999

Wow! The Protoss are attacking my Zerlings! It's time to get going. Ivan.

- Divorce the scheme, big and small.. [ Sprinter-II ] [Forth-CPU] [ZX]

... My new E-mail: ivan...@mail.ru

From Kirill Frolov To All 4 June 1999

IM> Yes? It turns out that Sprinter should cost at least $2000, if two
IM> logical cells cost seven. Or did you call Sprinter a cockroach?

I called “ALTER” a cockroach.

Kirill Frolov. [ZX]


From Kirill Frolov To All 5 June 1999

Press RESET immediately, Alex!

02 Jun 99 11:09, Alex Letaev wrote to Kirill Frolov:

KF>> Where is this done on one 555IP16 microcircuit.

AL> Is it difficult to throw it in? Otherwise, Kai’s scheme is not very bright.

Kai’s scheme is classified.

And I won’t send anything via snail mail.

Kirill Frolov. [ZX]