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Re: new Applicard



alex.freed.007@gmail.com wrote:
On Dec 19, 1:03 pm, aiiad...@gmail.com wrote:
I have an Applicard PCPI that I'll loan you...

Thanks!
That would be very nice. You know my address :)

Found one major bug in my logic. Getting much further now.
Twice got a message "BDOS ERR ON A: SELECT". That's progress.

Do you get the "LOADING DRIVERS" message? If so, that indicates that the upload to the card was successful and that CP/M has turned around and is trying to read the drivers from disk. The boot process is a little strange:

- Apple bootstraps the CP6502 (6502 BIOS) into memory
- Apple resets the Z80 and uploads an image of the Z80 CCP, BDOS and BIOS
- Z80 banks out ROM and passes control to CP/M
- CP/M reads the drivers file into Z80 memory, then downloads the drivers to
  the CP65, which installs them.

I probably left out some details, but the fuzz is clearing away slowly and this is all coming back.

Steve