All:
I want to get the Turnkey Monitor running on my 8800b. I have a VG
PROM/RAM board (which has 1k of RAM and an EPROM programmer) and some 2716
EPROMS. I made an adapter so I can use 2716 chips in the 2708 sockets. So
far, so good.
I configured the board for $C000, no RAM and all other jumpers per
the default for the board with the following exceptions:
(1) "Use PRESET or POC for power-on/reset jump" The defaultis for
the POC signal to be connected to the reset circuitry on the VG PROM board.
The other jumper option is to connect PRESET to the reset circuit on the VG
PROM board. This is now set for the PRESET line to be connected to the
board's POR circuit. I don't have a schematic so I don't know what this is
doing exactly.
(2) "Phantom generated if power-on/reset" This disables other memory
boards on reset so it can respond to the CPU reset jump to location 0
(making the board an auto-start board). I cut this jumper.
(3) "Jump to PROM/RAM board if power-on/reset" This causes the board
to respond to the CPU jump to location 0 on RESET. I set this jumper to the
equivalent of disable.
With this configuration, I can't EXAMINE or DEPOSIT to/from any
location. When I remove the board, the Altair responds normally, so it
definitely is this board.
Does anyone have any experience using this board in an Altair (or
other non-Vector) system? What's a working configuration for this? Does
anyone have a spare generic ROM board I can buy/trade for?
Thanks.
Rich
Rich Cini
Collector of classic computers
Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project
Web site:
http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
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