30 Oct
2000
30 Oct
'00
5:15 p.m.
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 06:53:06PM +0000, Tony Duell wrote:
[good description snipped]
Is there any way to make it do something useful other
than act as an SRM
server? Not having any other machines with SRM interfaces, a server is
not a lot of use as it stands...
(DISCLAIMER: I don't know.)
It is remotely similar to a 9000/310 ? If I remember correctly 310 had a
68010 and probably the same HP DMA chip too. The DIO-I bus is pretty
standard, the only thing that might need changing could be the video
card. I really don't know, I've never used HP BASIC.
I just remembered, I have one 310 lying around somewhere, though I'll be
able to look at it during the weekend. I guess I'll need HP BASIC on
9144 (or 9145) carts.
Iff you're really adventurous you could try use some parts of the
NetBSD/hp300 code and roll your own OS. The bus, HP-IB chips, DMA controller,
HIL stuff etc. are the same (locore.s wouldn't probably help that much:)
If you have HP BASIC you could give it a shot.
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Jarkko Teppo
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