11/04 Project

JCWelch jcwelch at hal-pc.org
Wed Dec 13 21:39:51 CST 2017


I am much confused as to how to connect TP1, TP2, TP3, & TP4.
there is a wire coming in with spade lugs.  One wire is red, one clear, and one black. Just to be share which color goes to which TP lug?

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On Dec 13, 2017, at 8:37 PM, John Welch <jcwelch at hal-pc.org> wrote:

I have bi-directional communication from PC/Hyperterminal.   I forgot about having to tell HyperTerminal to echo characters locally.  Anyway, 'a' comes over as 000141 and 'A' comes over as 000101. So far so good.
However, I have not gotten "@"
CNTRL+HLT
CLR
LAD
DEP
CNTRL+INIT
CNTRL+START -> reads 000002
CNTRL+BOOT  -> reads 165024

CLR, 165024 LAD, CTRL/START reads 165024
773024 LAD, EXAM, reads 165024

Reconfigured the switches on the M9312

     1  2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10
   --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
S1 Off On  Off Off Off Off Off Off On  Off

CNTRL+HLT
CLR
LAD
DEP
CNTRL+INIT
CNTRL+START -> reads 000002
CNTRL+BOOT  -> Run light is on, SR Disp light is on, 
CNTRL+HLT reads 173150


CLR, 165024 LAD, CTRL/START reads 165024
773024 LAD, EXAM, reads 165024

773024 LAD, 773000 DEP, BUS ERR light comes on.

Any suggestions?  I have other M9312s I could try.

> On 12/13/2017 12:38 PM, Henk Gooijen wrote:
> Jumping over the settings. They seem OK, as you get the AB in Hyperterm.
> That 777564 shows 000200 is also correct (as I remember that): it indicates “transmit buffer empty”.
> You can also try it the other way:
> type one character in Hyperterm
> check that 777560 has the receiver buffer full flag set (000200)
> in 777562 you will see the typed character (in octal)
>  
> 773024 showing 165024 rings a bell. IIRC, 165024 is the start address of the monitor on the M9312.
> That is the PROM “in the middle” on the board.
>  
> I think that if you enter CLR, 165024 LAD, CTRL/START you will get the “@”.
> BTW, there is a second start address. One does some diagnostics, the other does not.
>  
> My guess that on 773000 and you getting 773002 on the display means that you try to boot
> from a “device” that is specified in one of the four PROMs, but the PROM socket is empty …
>  
>  
> Van: cctech <cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org> namens John Welch via cctech <cctech at classiccmp.org>
> Verzonden: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 7:23:01 PM
> Aan: cctech at classiccmp.org
> Onderwerp: 11/04 Project
>  
> I am back in front of the machine:
> 
> The M7856 is set thusly:
>      1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10
> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> S5 DN DN DN UP DN DN UP DN DN UP
> S3 DN DN UP DN UP UP DN UP DN UP
> S1 UP UP DN UP DN DN UP UP DN UP
> S4 UP UP DN DN UP UP DN DN DN UP
> S2 DN DN UP DN DN UP DN DN -- --
> 
> The M9312 is set thusly:
> 
>      1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10
> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> S1 UP UP DN DN DN DN UP DN DN DN
> 
> This should be 300, 8, Odd, 1
> I have what I think is null modem between the M7856 cable and a PC 
> running XP with Hyperterm set to 300, 8,O,1
> 
> Troubleshooting from the programmers console:
> CNTRL plus HALT, no bus hang.
> 
> CLR, 777566, LAD, 101, DEP, Hyperterm shows: A
> CLR, 777566, LAD, 102, DEP, Hyperterm shows: AB (the B popped up next to 
> the previous A )
> 
> 
> CLR, 777564, LAD, EXAM, display shows: 000200
> CLR, 773024, LAD, EXAM, display shows: 165024
> CLR, 773024, LAD, EXAM, display shows: 165024
> CLR, 773000, LAD, CNTRL plus START, console says: 173002
> 
> I am thinking that the Hyperterm should be seeing an "@" and I should be 
> able to boot from there.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Sincerely,
> John Welch
> 

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