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- From: dat95pkn@idt.mdh.se (Peter Karlsson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Customizing JiffyDOS/128D?
- Date: 28 Mar 1996 11:32:47 +0100
- Organization: Maelardalens Hoegskola
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- On 96-03-25, one could hear David say this in CBM computer discussions:
-
- > Here is the layout of all 64K of OS ROM in the 128(D) and 128DCR:
-
- > Use Start End Size 128DCR K 128 upgr K
- > -!- ----- --- ---- ------ - -------- -
- > BASlo $4000 $7fff 16K 318022-02 0-16 318018-0x 0-16
- > BAShi $8000 $bfff 16K 318022-02 16-32 318019-0x 0-16
-
- > BAS2 $a000 $bfff 8K 318023-02 0-8 251913-01 0-8
- > K64 $e000 $ffff 8K 318023-02 8-16 251913-01 8-16
- > MLmon $c000 $cfff 4K 318023-02 16-20 318020-0y 0-4
- > ZBIOS $0000 $0fff 4K 318023-02 20-24 318020-0y 4-8
- > K128 $e000 $ffff 8K 318023-02 24-32 318020-0y 8-16
-
- Hmm, this would make it 64 KBytes, but when I read the KERNEL chip, I only got
- 32 KBytes?? There *is* only one ROM/EPROM chip in the computer (if you don't
- count the C1571D ROM chip that is situated right under the drive bay).
-
- > The 123456-12 numbers are the Commodore part numbers of the ROM
- > chips for the USA. In North America, "x" is either 2, 3, or 4,
- > and y = x + 1.
-
- My chip has this label:
-
- 318034-01 DCR
- C128 Ker.Sw/Fi
-
- > I think this is how character set switching works: The 128
- > Programmer's Reference Guide schematic shows a jumper leading to
- > the high-order address bit of the character ROM. This jumper can
- > connect either to the 128/64 mode signal or to one of the locking
- > keys on the keyboard.
-
- Ahh, interesting.
-
- > On NTSC systems this jumper connects to the
- > 128/64 signal and the locking key bears the label CAPS LOCK. So
- > over here the 128-mode character set is different from the 64's
- > character images.
-
- What's the difference, then?
-
- > In Europe the jumper connects to the locking key, which on some
- > keyboards is ASC/CC and on others is ASCII/DIN.
-
- ASCII/CC is on the Swedish/Finnish model that I have. ASCII/DIN I believe is
- the German keyboard. I don't know if there are any more "nationalized" versions.
-
- > This switching may work for 80 columns only at
- > reset, when the Kernal copies the character bitmaps to VDC RAM.
- > Otherwise, the editor would have to monitor the key continuously.
-
- The editor does this, yes. Whenever I change the ASCII/CC key, the characters
- on the screen are re-painted to the Swedish character set. This can be
- "cheated" by pressing it rapidly, and thus having all four character sets on
- the screen at the same time.
-
- > -David Gahris
- > dgahris@eece.maine.edu
- > Please reply by E-mail.
- > ! Origin: University of Maine System
-
- Thanks so much for your comments! I'll forward this to e-mail, but please reply
- in the newsgroup if possible.
-
- \\//
- Peter - dat95pkn@idt.mdh.se - http://www.mds.mdh.se/~dat95pkn
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