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Re: Saturn 128k Problems



On 06/03/2012 10:34 AM, Steven Hirsch wrote:
Anyone have a schematic for the Saturn 128k ram card?  I'm trying to get
RoboCAD going on my 2e and of course the memory expansion it requires doesn't
work :-(.

When I run the RAMTEST128K program it fails immediately with a message that it
cannot write memory after two pokes.  The Ram read LED (closest to the rear of
the card) is stuck on.  Interestingly, the machine does not respond to a
Ctrl-Reset (!) and must be power-cycled.  Never seen that one before.

I suppose I could start changing out LS TTL chips blindly, but wanted to see
if anyone had experience with the card.

Update: Very strange. I took a chance and tried running RoboCAD with the card installed. It works! I'm guessing the test program is hardware-specific for Apple ][ and ][+.

Anyone know for sure?