Lets start with the easy bits. A quick google turned up some zips of S9 software but not sure if its 6800 or 6809....
http://www.flexusergroup.com/flexusergroup/fug5.htm Now S1 records vsus using the monitor. If you are just typing yourself then getting a whole S1 record correct can be a problem. Using the Monitor memory modify lets you change a byte at a time and go back if you made a mistake. When you saved to papertape or Audio Cassette (there were a number of formats as well as Kanasas City) You generally got S1 records. Dave G4UGM > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Brad H > Sent: 17 August 2016 00:20 > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: RE: SWTPC 6800 > > Okay this is where I was getting a bit confused -- I had gotten the impression > that S1 records were essentially what was punched out on paper tape and > that on loading back in, the teletype/paper tape reader was simply typing all > this in as if someone was sitting there. Looking at your TSC Basic file I > see it > invokes the memory examine and change function with the M and then > starts at an address and just keeps going? > > So when you had a program saved to a tape, these would have been S1 > records encoded in Kansas City format? > > Is there a large collection of these loader files somewhere? Or like a > definitive list of major software developed for the 6800? > > I'm hoping to learn more on how to program these things -- I'm assuming > there was an assembler people used rather than just modifying memory > addresses? > > Thanks > > Brad > > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of william > degnan > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:12 AM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: SWTPC 6800 > > Brad, > > You don't type in S1 records at the monitor prompt. If anything you'd want > to download a text file that simulates monitor commands to load memory, > but it's a lot slower. > > I haven't been reading all of the posts in this thread, but have you tried > following something like the instructions here to download a tape, I have > documented how to use a terminal to download TSC BASIC into an SWTPC > using a laptop serial port (or USB to Serial): > > http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread_record.cfm?id=416&tid=2 > > b > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Brad H < > vintagecompu...@bettercomputing.net> wrote: > > > Thanks Brent. So when I hit the end of an 'S' record line.. is it > > just a Line Feed I need to go to the next? Or just type the next S > > record right in behind it? > > > > Also curious about how you type S records at the monitor prompt. I'm > > reading and trying to figure out how to do that. > > > > Many thanks! > > > > Brad > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Brent > > Hilpert > > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 9:29 AM > > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > > Subject: Re: SWTPC 6800 > > > > Yes, the monitor just sees bytes coming at it, it can't distinguish > > whether they're typed or coming from a host/machine, as long as the > > byte sequence accords with the Motorola S record format. > > > > You can formulate your own S records and type them at the monitor, too. > > > > > > > > On 2016-Aug-16, at 9:09 AM, Brad H wrote: > > > > > Another question if I may -- for a short TXT loader file.. could I > > > manually enter the information contained therein with my terminal? > > > I'm just thinking for a quick memory test, etc -- it'd be six of one > > > half a dozen of the other in terms of time to hook up a PC terminal > > > and > > send the file.. > > > > > > If I were to hit L to put the 6800 into load mode, could I then just > > > type out the contents of the loader file with the CT1024's keyboard? > > > >
