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Fix for flaky MS-SoftCard Z80 clones
- Subject: Fix for flaky MS-SoftCard Z80 clones
- From: Tarkin <Tarkin000@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:23:35 -0800 (PST)
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This is a followup to problems I had been having with
the clone MS-SoftCard Z80 from Atlaz (my problem is
not with the vendor). The idea was to swap out chips,
which is not original!
The CPU mine came with is:
Goldstar Z8400A PS
Which I replaced with:
Zilog Z84C0008PEC
The system is far, far, _far_ more stable now.
I don't know if it is the fact that it's a CMOS
part, or if that the chip is faster, or both.
In any event, it's a cheap fix with immediate,
practical results.
As I write this, I'm transferring a 16K hex
record of Brad Rodriguez's CamelForth,
for the second time. The first went of without
a hitch, which is a minor miracle, but the
file was corrupted (possibly as a side-effect
of MyZ80's 'export' function.
As an aside, the RAMDRIVE.COM from
the CP/AM 4 CP/M disk WORKS with
MS-CP/M 2.23. It gives a 64K ramdrive,
which greatly speeds up serial transfers
and program execution.
Hopefully, this helps someone else out.
HTH and TTFN,
Tarkin