RE: cat box disassembly

> did someone say they have a disassembly of this already?
>
> "From Anders (andersk@btc.adaptec.com) mail"
>
> Cool. I just disasembled the bin file and am checking out the code right
> now. It looks like the "firmware" rom sits at 6000h. It is not very long.
> The code only fills 68Fh bytes (minus the reset and interrupt vectors).
> Now who has a schematic of the catbox they want to cough up???
>
> +------------------------------------------+
> | Anders Knudsen
> | ASIC Design Engineer
> | Adaptec, Inc., Boulder Technology Center
> +------------------------------------------+
>
> i'm going to run out at lunch and try to find some 6532's
> If I can get them, and if someone forwards me the disassembly,
> I'll try to get a serial catbox running this weekend...
>
> Just so I understand the goal of the CB 1.1 with the serial port and some
> software for a PC would replace:
> Display
> Hex input pad
> Mode selection switches
>
> Do we also want to replace the other readout displays / status
> lights?
>
> Instead of Serial would we perhaps want to go parallel? More i/o's
> available along with all those status lines.
>
> One BIG issue I have with some of the CB+ version ideas is there is no
> realistic way to make this a portable device. If we do go along with it I
> want it to be serial / parallel or something that will hook up to my
> laptop somehow. I don't want to have to lug a PC around with ISA slots
> just to test boards.
>
> David
>
>
Received on Fri Jan 9 16:27:45 1998