MadRom news; It was: "echo"

Hello, Roman!

■ 10 Apr 99 at 16:44:46 Roman Milukov hoping that
Alexander Kormishin would read, wrote:

RM> Hello, Alexander!

RM> Look, the answer to Kolka’s letter with my comments:
RM> (If you answer it, it’s better in REAL.SPECCY.)

Well, as you wish.

RM> Orig.Area: SPB.SPECCY
RM> Orig.From: Kirill Frolov (2:5030/827.2)
RM> Orig.To : Nikolay Maslennikov (2:4616/3.20)
RM> Orig.Subj: echo
RM> Orig.Date: 07 Apr 99
RM> ═════════ CUT ═══════════

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RM> is due. Yes, and it just happens that the computer turns on when
RM> the power appears
RM> (for example, the electricity in the house was turned off), turning on the
RM> alarm clock is optional. The ability to work without a mouse is a joke: there’s nowhere
RM> to roll!

Turning on the alarm is optional: in my opinion, it’s unnecessary. But it is possible if a way is found to distinguish between turning on and resetting without introducing any new
standards.

The ability to work without a mouse: specifically - where are the glitches? We have nowhere to check this.

RM> A small memory test and entering information about working
RM> banks in CMOS,

>> And this IMHO is not necessary!

Yes, this is unnecessary.

RM> determining the clock not by 0AAh inone of the cells, and depending
RM> on the presence of CMOS memory,

It may change. Although this is not so important, it goes against the previously accepted
standard and takes up more space.

RM> the ability to work with CMOS without the 7th bit eff7 (not
RM> mandatory, determined
RM> once when flashing the ROM). The most important thing is to distinguish

Then it’s good to flash the entire clock driver. With its own ports, a way
to access them and all the transcoders.
But where will all the space come from?..

RM> turning on the computer from
RM> hot reset. If power on or cold reset --
RM> test, autoboot etc
RM> If hot reset -- menu. After any restart by
RM> reset, it is advisable to enter a
RM> pause (optional, determined during firmware) - it is necessary to
RM> where the reset in the computer
RM> is done on the capacitor (IMHO 99.999% of spectra).
RM> It turns out a glitch - the process
RM> is already is working at full capacity, but the VG or other devices are still
RM> down.

In 99.9999% of controllers, the VG has its own reset, and the remaining devices now
begin to be used only after the firmware has been fully deployed, i.e. in about
a
second. During this time, /RES should completely calm down to "1".

RM> Hot or cold starts are distinguished by
RM> introducing one
RM> capacitor and resistor into the circuit. Look at the diagramyour
RM> computer, you see in the input
RM> multiplexers of the Kempston joystick hanging in the air (at
RM> +5V) the three most significant bits ?
RM> You can’t touch 6 and 7 - the scorps are occupied, and 5
RM> is free. Only IMHO

And, for example, someone’s entire BB55 is occupied. A printer, COVOX, a programmer
or something else.

RM> Kempston from TR-DOS is not available on the Pentagon. But you can come up with
RM> something.

But it’s not necessary.

2ALL: A new viewer for the sub commander is being added and, if
there is still room left after all, the most useful wishes will be taken into account.

Goodbye, Roman.

AK> 99.9999% of VG controllers have their own reset, and the remaining devices
AK> now begin to be used only after the firmware has been fully deployed,
AK> i.e. in about a second. During this time, /RES should completely
AK> calm down to “1”.

Simply best! In the madrom, BEFORE UNPACKING, command 08 is given to the VG so that
then the boot and other programs do not scream “No Disk!” And the reset in many
computers is set to the RES input of the TM9 microcircuit and leads to the shutdown of the VGshk!
It’s amazing how this works at all, in the Pentagon, RESET probably doesn’t go
to BETA DISK INTERFACE. :-/

Kirill Frolov. [ZX]

24 Apr 99 you wrote here:

KF>> the ability to work with CMOS without the 7th bit eff7 (not
KF>> mandatory, determined
KF>> once when flashing the ROM). The most important thing is to distinguish

AK> Then it’s good to flash the entire clock driver. With its own ports, a
AK> way to access them and all the transcoders.
AK> But where will all the space come from?..

Correct. You need to add the clock driver to the end of the ROM, just like you add information about
micrics, then you can attach any driver to any scheme
and
storage format. And you don’t need a lot of space for this - the drivers are short.

All the best.
Sincerely, Roman.

Monday April 26, 1999 23:54, Kirill Frolov wrote Alexander Kormishin:

KF> It’s amazing how it even works, in the Pentagon probably RESET doesn’t
KF> go to BETA DISK INTERFACE. :-/

Uh-huh...

KF> Kirill Frolov.

With respect, Alex Noman.