So...in other words, we WANT an I/O timeout? Curious. Now I will try setting the I/O timeout to something like a second or two and see what the results are for Promlink 6.10. Stay tuned! John :-#)# At 11:56 AM 3/17/2000 -0500, Fish, David wrote:
So what is Code 10? Is it a simple raw binary, or is it somewhat padded?
This is from a 2900/3900 manual I happen to have handy, the translation formats are the same as in the 29B for TF-10 and TF16.
Format Code Formatted Binary 10 Absolute Binary 16
"Formatted Binary Format, Code 10 Data transfer in the Formatted Binary format consists of a stream of 8-bit data bytes preceeded by a byte count and followed by a sumcheck. The Formatted Binary does not have addresses." "The programmer store incomming binary data upon receipt of the start character. Data are store in RAM starting at the first RAM address specified by the Memory Address Begin parameter and ending at the last incomming data byte."
Note: The START CODE looks to be FF. It's really the RUBOUT paper tape character.
"Format 10 does not function properly unless you select NO parity and 8-bit data"
This format was originally used for paper tape input.
"Absolute Binary Format, Code 16 Absolute Binary format is a literal representation of the data to be transfered, and no translation of the data takes place during the transfer. There are no overhead characters added to the data (i.e. no address record, start code, end code, nulls or checksum). Every byte transfered represents the users data. This format can be used to download unformatted data such as a ".exe. file to the programmer. Since this format does not have an end of file character download transfers will terminate after no more data is received and an I/O timeout occurs."
Dave
To UNSUBSCRIBE from techtoolslist, send a message with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the message body to: techtoolslist-request@flippers.com. Please direct other questions, comments, or problems to jrr@flippers.com.
John's Jukes Ltd. 2343 Main St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 3C9 Call (604)872-5757 or Fax 872-2010 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games) http://www.flippers.com "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."