sorry for top post-- coming from Android thing. you definitely do not want RAM at $8000 because it will collide with the I/O block that is decoded there. If you have mp-b back plane as you stated then i/o occupies $8000 to $9fff and so RAM needs to start at $a000.
The modified mp-m is to make it decode at $a000 or above because the stock circuit decoded on 4k boundaries from $0000 to $7000 only. Chris On August 7, 2016 1:56:14 AM CDT, Brad H <vintagecompu...@bettercomputing.net> wrote: > > >So I have the 6800 almost fully working, however I've hit one snag. >I loaded some of the memory diags as a first test, from txt files >posted online. The first couple worked ok, but the third kept hitting >an error immediately on start. >I thought little of it and was eager to try a bigger program. I tried >Blackjack. However I noticed when it was loading.. instead of just the >cursor remaining beside my L until loaded, it began dumping random >stuff out. >So that's when I went back to that RAM test. I noticed it has having >the same issue with a certain range. I realized then that my single >RAM board was only covering from (I think) A000 up to but not including >C000. >So I used the jumpers on my DRC 16k boards to fill in the blanks, so to >speak. But I'm stuck on the last one. The memory check now crashes at >address 8000. Because my last MPM board was modified, I'm not sure how >to get that particular range. I'm also wondering why I only get from >A000 to C000 on my other MP-M board. The 16k boards can be set for >wide ranges.. say 8000 through I think FFFF (can't look at the docs as >SWTPC.COM went down tonight). I'm assuming the smaller RAM boards >cover less? With three of the four installed, I can load a program via >txt file without error but cannot run it.. if I hit G it just freezes >there. So I'm not sure if I need to configure a ram board for $8000 up >to $A000 or if I potentially have another problem. And because the >MP-M boards are both modified.. I don't know what they are/were set up >to do. >Brad > > > >Sent from my Samsung device -- Chris Elmquist
