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== Technical ==
== Technical ==


* Uses port &F8F8, &FADD and centronics strobe.
* Uses port &F8F8 to latch data (read/write)
* Data is read one byte at a time using &F8F8
* Uses memory address to define where in 64KB ram to read/write.
* Data is written one byte at a time using &F8F8.
* NOT Dk'Tronics compatible.
* NOT Dk'Tronics compatible.
* More like a ram disc
* More like a ram disc
to write:
LD BC,&F8F8 ;; ram data access
LD A,&34    ;; value to write
LD DE,&4000 ;; where in extra ram to read (0-&ffff)
DI
OUT (C),A  ;; latch data for ram
LD A,(DE)  ;; perform write into ram
EI
to read:
LD BC,&F8F8
ld de,&4000
di
in a,(c)
ld a,(de) ;; read value from extra ram
ei
each access to the I/O port must be followed by a memory read operation.
ROM uses single byte reads such as LD A,(DE)


* ROM has commands:
* ROM has commands:
|SCREENCOPY,<ram page>,1
copy screen at &c000 to ram page.
numbers can't be 0 or greater than or equal to 6.


PBUFF
PBUFF
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PEEK
PEEK
POKE
POKE
SCREENCOPY
SCREENSWAP
SCREENSWAP
BSAVE
BSAVE

Revision as of 13:51, 5 November 2015

A 64KB memory expansion by MHT Ingenieros.

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Technical

  • Uses port &F8F8 to latch data (read/write)
  • Uses memory address to define where in 64KB ram to read/write.
  • NOT Dk'Tronics compatible.
  • More like a ram disc

to write:

LD BC,&F8F8 ;; ram data access
LD A,&34    ;; value to write
LD DE,&4000 ;; where in extra ram to read (0-&ffff)
DI
OUT (C),A   ;; latch data for ram
LD A,(DE)   ;; perform write into ram
EI

to read:

LD BC,&F8F8
ld de,&4000
di
in a,(c) 
ld a,(de) ;; read value from extra ram
ei

each access to the I/O port must be followed by a memory read operation. ROM uses single byte reads such as LD A,(DE)

  • ROM has commands:

|SCREENCOPY,<ram page>,1

copy screen at &c000 to ram page.


numbers can't be 0 or greater than or equal to 6.


PBUFF NBUFF PEEK POKE SCREENSWAP BSAVE BLOAD CSAVE CLOAD OPEN GET CLOSE PUT MKILL MCAT MRENAME FREDSK RAMDSK CC

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