19 Feb
2008
19 Feb
'08
12:49 a.m.
Main Account wrote:
I have a BOOT ROM that will work with a High Speed
serial card. I'm not sure
the ROM was specifically written for that card but, it does work. I just
make a serial link to a PC and send the ABS image over the link.
Hmmmm... I think the ROM I use is the 12992C mini-cartridge tape loader.
The boot rom expects the image to be in HEX-ASCII format so, you'll have to
convert the ABS from binary to ASCII before sending it over the link. I
wrote a small Perl script to handle this. It works great!
I believe my HS card is configured for 1200 baud. At that speed it takes a
few seconds to upload a large image but, it's not that bad. IIRC < 1 minute
to upload HP BASIC.
I'm interested to hear what rom this is. Can you give me an example of
what is expected in HEX-ASCII? HEX? not octal? :) Can I get a copy of
the Perl script?
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