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Apple II
Technical Notes
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Developer Technical Support
Apple II Miscellaneous
#8: Pascal 1.1 Firmware Protocol ID Bytes
Revised by: Matt Deatherage November 1988
Written by: Cameron Birse December 1986
This Technical Note documents the Pascal 1.1 Firmware Protocol ID bytes for
Apple II peripheral cards and ports.
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Background
Apple II Pascal 1.1 introduced a firmware protocol called, not surprisingly,
the Pascal 1.1 Firmware Protocol. A card following this protocol could be
identified by the following ID bytes, where n is the slot in which the card
resides:
Address Value Definition
$Cn05 $38 ID byte (from Pascal 1.0)
$Cn07 $18 ID byte (from Pascal 1.0)
$Cn0B $01 Generic signature of cards with Pascal 1.1 Protocol
$Cn0C $ci Device signature byte
$Cn0C was interpreted as two nibbles. The high-order nibble, c, was defined
as the device signature. This signature was a pre-defined value determining
what kind of device was connected (i.e., printer, modem, joystick, clock,
etc.). The low-order nibble, i, was defined as a unique identifier, so you
could tell one printer from another, for example.
Developer Technical Support no longer maintains a list of assignments for the
i nibble in this protocol. Since, by definition, the Pascal 1.1 Protocol only
has room for 16 uniquely identified devices of each signature, it is easy to
see that the Apple II family has outgrown the definition.
Following is a table which lists the values of the Pascal 1.1 Firmware
Protocol ID bytes for some Apple products which follow the protocol. Previous
versions of this Note listed ID bytes for products which did not follow the
protocol. Do not attempt to identify devices which do not follow the
protocol by checking these ID bytes. This method will not work and should be
avoided.
For example, trying to conclusively identify a 3.5" disk drive, SCSI hard
drive, memory expansion card, or other SmartPort device using these ID bytes
could be disastrous. For any SmartPort device, you should look for the ProDOS
Block Device ID bytes ($Cn01 = $20, $Cn03 = $00, $Cn05 = $03), then look for
the additional SmartPort ID byte ($Cn07 = $00). Once you have identified
SmartPort, you should make a SmartPort STATUS call to determine the nature and
types of connected devices. By this definition, ProDOS block devices and
SmartPort devices cannot follow the Pascal 1.1 Firmware Protocol.
Pascal 1.1 Devices
$Cn05 $Cn07 $Cn0B $Cn0C
Apple II Peripheral Cards
Super Serial Card (or port) $38 $18 $01 $31
Apple 80 Column Card $38 $18 $01 $88
Apple II Mouse Card $38 $18 $01 $20
Apple IIc Ports
1st version $FBBF = $FF
Slot 1 (Serial Port) $38 $18 $01 $31
Slot 2 (Serial Port) $38 $18 $01 $31
Slot 3 (80 Columns) $38 $18 $01 $88
Slot 4 (Mouse) $38 $18 $01 $20
2nd version $FBBF = $00
Slot 1 (Serial Port) $38 $18 $01 $31
Slot 2 (Serial Port) $38 $18 $01 $31
Slot 3 (80 Columns) $38 $18 $01 $88
Slot 4 (Mouse) $38 $18 $01 $20
Slot 7 (AppleTalk) $38 $18 $01 $31
3rd version $FBBF = $03, 4th version $FBBF = $04, and 5th version $FBBF
= $05
Slot 1 (Serial Port) $38 $18 $01 $31
Slot 2 (Serial Port) $38 $18 $01 $31
Slot 3 (80 Columns) $38 $18 $01 $88
Slot 7 (Mouse) $38 $18 $01 $20
Apple IIGS Ports (ROM 1.0 and 2.0)
Slot 1 (Serial Port) $38 $18 $01 $31
Slot 2 (Serial Port) $38 $18 $01 $31
Slot 3 (80 Columns) $38 $18 $01 $88
Slot 4 (Mouse Port) $38 $18 $01 $20
Slot 7 (AppleTalk) $38 $18 $01 $31
ProDOS and SmartPort Devices
$Cn01 $Cn03 $Cn05 $Cn07
Generic ProDOS Block Device $20 $00 $03 $xx
SmartPort Device $20 $00 $03 $00