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- From: tonyp@wizvax.wizvax.net (Tony Postmayer)
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- Subject: Re: Customizing JiffyDOS/128D?
- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 19:44:29 GMT
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- >the trouble is that I don't know the layout of the C128D EPROM chip (the one
- >that contains the C64 KERNAL, BASIC and C128 KERNAL, BASIC (it's all in one
- >chip)).
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- As I recall, there are four sections to the EPROM for the 128D - 64
- mode stock, 64 mode jiffy, 128 mode stock, and 128 mode jiffy.
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- I also recall that they did something a little odd with the way the
- four blocks are arranged - possibly to confound copiers. It has to do
- with the high address line (which switches between the upper half and
- the lower half of the chip) and the 128/64 mode control line. Once
- again, I'm testing my memory, but I believe that the 64/128 mode line
- is being routed to the high address pin, and the JD on/off switch to
- the pin that the 128/64 mode line would go to on a stock 128.
-
- (I hope you can follow this circuitous explanation)
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- What it boils down to is that the 64k EPROM is divided into four equal
- sized chunks corresponding to the four modes listed above. So if you
- break it down from 0-3fff, 4000-7fff, 8000-bfff, c000-ffff you'll have
- the components and you should be able to figure out how they go
- together.
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- Tony -
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