Profi
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SZ> Regarding SPM software: people! SPM was one of the leading operating systems of the 1980s!
SZ> Of course
SZ> there are tons of software for it. Just type in some Google "CPM software"
SZ> - and your
SZ> will reveal deposits of everything related to SPM.
SZ> For the lazy - at ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/cpm there are a lot of SPM files.
There is more than one problem with this software.
There are no source codes - bugs are difficult to fix; often the software is tailored to some
commodore c128 and doesn’t work at all.
SZ> PS: I have a subject of the third version - I need improvements to it!
SZ> PSS: a long time ago, in 1993, my father bought this Profic and in Kramis
SZ> they said that it supports the XT keyboard in hardware, and in the ROM of the driver
SZ> for it no. They say that when you press any key, the computer crashes via
SZ> interrupt
SZ> to an arbitrary address. Is this true? Or maybe there’s something wrong with my computer.
There was a separate adapter - a zx speccy keyboard emulator; it worked with some
XT keyboards and glitches. And those wires that are directly routed in the diagram are plowed
currently in SP-DOS after loading the driver, in theory. In theory, this is because I have never seen anything like this - neither a driver nor such a perversion (a computer with two
keyboards, one for zx and the other forsp-dos).
Regards.
June 05, 04 _Konstanteen Denisov_ wrote *Andrey Romanenko* on the topic:
"Profi"
SZ>>> PS: I have a subject of the third version - we need improvements to it!
SZ>>> PSS: a long time ago, in 1993, my father bought this Profi and
SZ>>> in Kramis they said that it supports the XT keyboard in hardware, but
SZ>>> there is no driver for it in the ROM. They say that when you press any key
SZ>>> the computer crashes through an interrupt to an arbitrary address. Is this so
SZ>>>? Or there’s something wrong with my computer.
For the XT keyboard to work, you need to install a keyboard controller, which
was produced by Kramis at that time.
AR>> There was a separate adapter - a zx speccy keyboard emulator; he worked with
AR>> some XT keyboards and with glucans. And those wires that are on the diagram
KD> I have a Polish magazine "INFORMIK" from 1987 - there is a diagram of how to connect
KD> to a Speckie extended keyboard.
Scan the diagram and send it to me with soap, if it’s not difficult.
Best wishes Vladimir Panteleevich.
difficult to use
VC> For the XT keyboard to work, you need to install a keyboard controller,
VC>, which was produced by Kramis at that time.
By the way, I use it, it’s a great thing, if only it also had AT keyboards he wouldn't have taken the price...
Bye!
AS> By the way, I use it, it’s a great thing, if only it also had AT keyboards
AS> it wouldn’t be worth the price...
the microcontroller firmware just needs to be rewritten, they say someone did it, but
they couldn’t find it.
this controller has a rather serious disadvantage - it slows down the processor, so in the turbo you can only
play some toys.
Pokedova Alexander
jtn\\4d
And it was morning, and it was the day of June 10, 04, and once Vassili Klimov wrote to Alexander
Sharihin about _Re: Profi_.
VK> the microcontroller firmware just needs to be rewritten, they say someone
VK> did it, but it was never found.
Let's just say that this is _no longer_ important, because... I found an AT/XT keyboard with a nutcracker
VK> The controller has a rather weak minus - it slows down the processor, so in the turbo
VK> you can only play some games.
I heard a lot about it... but I didn’t even notice it!!!! :>>
Honestly, in the emulator, with the zx-clave, with the xt, it’s honestly the same thing (or
I have a “special” version of the keyboard)!
Bye!
VK> the microcontroller firmware just needs to be rewritten, they say someone did it,
VK> but they couldn’t find it. This controller has a rather serious disadvantage -
VK> the CPU slows down, so you can only play some games in the turbo.
There are diagrams of XT controllers - ProFinsky and Next. Profinskaya is on a single chip, and the percentage is really white. The Next one is very, very
originally made (ROM as a scancode decoder), it connects instead of
the standard keyboard, the processor does not whiteout, but has a drawback - it does not understand more than two
buttons pressed simultaneously.
Who needs it? The size is definitely more than 20 kb, so you either need permission from your superiors
or put it in the wrong place.
WBR, Jason.
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/np:/ *silence*
And it was morning, and there was the day of June 19, 04, and once Valerij Kozhevnikoff wrote All
about _RE: Profi_.
VK> There are diagrams of XT controllers - Pro-Finnish and Next. Profinskaya on
VK> single-chip, and the percentage is really white. Next's very, very
VK> is originally made (ROM as a scancode decoder), connects
VK> instead of the standard keyboard, the percentage is not white, but has a drawback - more
Apparently I have a pro-Finnish one, but damn I don’t see your waits for the life of me,
they are so small that I I'm surprised that they're rolling a barrel on this controller...
Bye!
comming soon: Pinix v. 1.5<=>2.0 <===40%--->
Amusement Park 2k4 <===60%-->
[ZX Realist] [ZX-Nastolgy] [Profi +] [SashaSoft]
On Sat, 19 Jun 04 00:45:43 +0400, Valerij Kozhevnikoff wrote:
VK> Who needs it? The size is definitely more than 20 kb, so you either need permission
VK> from the authorities
VK> or put it in the wrong place.
VC> keyboard, which Kramis was releasing at that time.
AS> By the way, I use it, it’s a great thing, if only it also had
AS> AT keyboards would take the price, it wouldn’t cost him...
I have a diagram of this controller and a dump of its firmware.
But I have a suspicion that the dump is broken.
If you have the opportunity, try it send
the firmware code from your controller. I'll try
to convert it to work with an AT keyboard.
By the way, at the end of the firmware dump that I have
it says that the keyboard is wait-free.
Bye!
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