On Wed, June 5, 2013 3:23 pm, Mike Naberezny wrote: > Hi Ruud, > > On 6/2/13 11:20 PM, Baltissen, GJPAA (Ruud) wrote: >> I finished building the hardware enabling me to choose a ROM >> combination. >> This can be done using an extra 6522. This also means I can implement a >> ROM >> that needs more than the standard 16 KB using the paging method. But now >> the question: where can I use it for? > > A bank-switched ROM could be used to enhance JiffyDOS 64: > > - Eliminate the switch. Most JiffyDOS users have a mechanical switch to > select between JiffyDOS and the stock KERNAL. Instead of the switch, have > the > machine always start up with JiffyDOS and add a new command to bank in the > stock KERNAL. It would be used like "GO 64" on the C128. > > - Restore tape support. JiffyDOS does not have tape support because the > routines were replaced with other features. It would be nice to have tape > support without having to switch back to the stock KERNAL. > > - Add JiffyMON. This is a nice machine language monitor for use with > JiffyDOS that is loaded from disk. According to the manual, it loads into > the > RAM underneath the KERNAL ROM. Put it in the banked ROM instead so that > it is > always available. Isn't it already possible to do stuff like this with EasyFlash? I mean the whole Multi-ROM thing is already possible without hardware mods, isn't it? -Pete Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2013-06-05 20:02:51
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