Re: CP/M on //e?

[ds_spenc@alcor.concordia.ca (Doug Spence)]

Louis Schulman (louiss@gate.net) wrote:

: The switches work as follows:

: S1:  Off allows the Z80 translator to add $1000 to all addresses loaded in
: memory to avoid conflicts with the 6502.  This should be left off unless you
: like memory conflicts.

^^^This one looks interesting.  Why the heck did they even put a switch 
on for this if it's so critical you don't turn it on? :)

: S2:  On allows Apple DMA devices to interrupt the Softcard.

: S3:  On allows the Z-80 to respond to Apple non-maskable interrupts

: S4:  On allows the Z-80 to respond to Apple interrupts.

: The default for all switches is off.  They should only be turned on if there
: is a specific reason to do so.

OK, thanks for the info.  All the switches were off, and I actually went 
through all sixteen possibilites today with no luck.  It looks like this 
card just doesn't like the //e. :(

Interestingly, switching S3 to "on" seemed to make the red LED on the 
card light up with far greater frequency.

: Louis

: P.S.  The switch that enables sex and free beer existed in the prototype, but
: was removed prior to production.

Why would they remove the card's main selling point? :)

Doug Spence
DS_SPENC@alcor.concordia.ca