Re: "Partner 128" by Timeworks Inc.

From: groepaz_at_gmx.net
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 23:16:00 +0200
Message-ID: <2160837.zOyzyC30C2_at_rakete>
Am Mittwoch, 5. Oktober 2022, 22:40:03 CEST schrieb Jim Brain:
> According to the schematics in the download:
>
>   * The switch sets a 7474 flip flop (which means the bouncing of the
>     switch would not affect anything)
>   * The output is then fed into a second flop
>   * The second flop is clocked by the joystick port
>   * once clocked, the NMI line is pulled low *AND* the $de on the data
>     bus is armed to be injected when A15-A0 = 1111111111111X1X
>   * The entire thing can be turned off with a poke to $de00-de7f of x1xxxxxx
>
> So, it looks to me that the joyport connection is required for the NMI
> to be asserted.

AH! My TTL foo is too rusty, dont remember any of the flipflop properties (or
even schematic symbols =P).

So it is indeed waiting for "not in system NMI". Seems odd - i wonder what
kind of scenario they had in mind that would be solved by this.

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Received on 2022-10-06 00:00:05

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