I was chatting with Neil Bradley tonight about his Z80 emulator and he suggested that perhaps someone here might be able to help

"- emulating a piece of hardware requires not only just the ROM images, but all the appropriate hardware hooks, timing, and translating user interface on the screen (under Windows - not easy) into something that can be used."

Urk....I can help with finding the memory map for the fluke and helping figure out the hardware side, but I am NOT a code jockey.

Neil's MZ80 emulator can be found at: ftp://ftp.synthcom.com/pub/emulators/cpu/makez80.zip

So anyone want to help? Fame and riches abound! If not then perhaps a few evenings of headaches...one or the other. The 9010A roms are up on ftp.flippers.com/Fluke  I have joined them into a contiguous block.

Making a pod interface for a 6520 (the PIA the 9010A uses) and include the probe input socket along with the signature generator should be fairly straightforward as a PC - AT style plug in board, or if some cleaver person wants to make it USB, well, who am I to stop them?

The memory map for the 9010A is fairly simple actually, there ain't much in there, as long as one ignore the tape drive and the RS-232 port and the display. OK, the display will be a bit irritating, it uses a 8041, but I'll try to read one at the shop...I think my universal burner from Xeltek can read them...maybe...but the actual base only has a CPU, some RAM, a few ROMs and the probe interface. Ok, the probe interface is a bit much too, but hey, we can ignore it for now, eh?

Page 7A-6 in the 9010A Service Manual gives the addressing: ROM from 0000 - 9FFF, RAM C000 - FFFF, I/O 10020 - 100F0 (X 20h)

John :-#)#


At 04:34 PM 03/04/2002 -0500, Kev wrote:


RKSIC does have an option to set up the port.  I forget the number.

For some reason I could not get 9600 8-n-1 to work but I did manage to get
4800 running.

Johns' idea of the PC replacement for the base should eliminate those speed
concerns and then coupled with a 8255 card or similar controllable I/O card
will make a powerful test tool.

Kev



>
> The one thing I don't like about the fluke compiler is I don't think
there's
> any way to change the com port settings.  Maybe I'm wrong.  The baud rate
is
> defaulted to 2400.  That's pretty dang slooow.  Maybe someone can change
> that.
>
>
> Matt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-techtoolslist@www.flippers.com
> [mailto:owner-techtoolslist@www.flippers.com]On Behalf Of Kev
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 1:08 PM
> To: Mike Coates; TechToolsList@flippers.com
> Subject: Re: Fluke compiler software
>
>
>
> Which compiler?  Freds or the Fluke issued one?
>
> We've got Delphi in the office & my boss was a big Delphi fan but is
quickly
> becoming a C++ convert.
>
> Thanks,
> Kev
>
>
>
> >
> > I have started on doing a windows version of this compiler, but I'm
> > converting it to Delphi (since I hate visual basic, and thats about the
> only
> > kid on the block nowadays) - there's also the option for someone to load
> it
> > across into Kylix when I've finished and create a linux/unix version
too!
> > (in case anyone here is a linux junkie)
> >
> > the first version will have the compiler and text editor as a windows
> > program, when this works OK, I'll look at putting the comms stuff into
the
> > same program so everything is in one place.
> >
> > I'm about 20% of the way through the basic code at the moment, getting
rid
> > of the GOTO's and converting the syntax to pascal.
> >
> > more reports when it gets to doing something
> >
> >
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