12 Jun
2011
12 Jun
'11
2:53 a.m.
Thanks for that info Pete,
yes, I do have the Technical Manual.
Here is where I got the software.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/1agu8j
It's designed mostly for use with MESS but it was easy enough to launder the
files through that to get readable WAV files.
Cheers
Terry
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From: "Pete Turnbull" <pete at dunnington.plus.com>
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Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: New rest-home resident: An Exidy Sorcerer
On 11/06/2011 13:16, terry stewart wrote:
Hi, Peter and others.
Yes, I have an EPROM burner but have never used it. This might be the
perfect excuse! Are there any docs on what needs to be rejigged to
replace those ROMS?
The Sorcerer Technical Manual has the information, but if you don't have a
copy you can download it from David Williams' Trailing Edge site.
http://www.trailingedge.com/exidy/hwref.pdf
You want to look at the schematic for the ROM PAC which is on page 43 in
the PDF file. Exactly what you need to do depends on your EPROM; I used a
2732 last time (the mask ROMs are each 2K x 8bit, making 8K bytes total).
THe software on the tapes was a little flaky so
I've just spent the
evening getting some software off the Net. I found a collection of
machine language programs which don't need the BASIC ROM-PAC to run. I
used the MESS emulator to convert these binaries to WAV files I can
output through the PC soundcard to the sorcerer. Good times!
It's a while since I looked for software. I only found a couple of items
last time, and one of those was corrupt. Any pointer you can give me?
But I've found the Sorcerer is very good at handling audio files, and I
regularly use MP3 files of two or three demo programs, fed from my iPod or
iPhone headphone jack.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York