Planar ADFs
From Tim Clarke
Hi Louis, well, if you looked at the slots, you could (more or less)
deduce it for yourself. (sorry, but I've noticed things being hidden in
plain sight)
NumSlots n |
don't need to explain this
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NVRAMSize 8192 |
usually 8K of 'extended CMOS RAM'
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Rom2Ram |
128K of 1st MB used to 'shadow' system BIOS
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Splitxxx |
how much 'conventional' RAM
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Split640 or Split512
Determines how much RAM is left over for 'Rom2RAM' and 'Split Memory Block'
(SMB) and also how much 'conventional' memory is available. Some memory
cards can 'backfill' the 'conventional' memory area, so Split512 doesn't
*absolutely* mean that there is only 512KB of 'conventional' RAM. Not a
brilliant idea to do it that way though.
Example:
Split640
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Rom2RAM in an 8MB machine gives:
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000000-09FFFF
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1st 640K of 1st MB
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0A0000-0E0000
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VGA MGA CGA and adapter space
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0E0000-0FFFFF
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'Shadowed' system BIOS in 1st 128K of 'SMB'
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100000-7FFFFF
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2nd through 8th MB of memory
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800000-83FFFF
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last 256K of 'SMB' (may be 'lost' if >16MB
in m/c)
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SlotType[n] = x y z
[n]
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1 to NumSlots
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Number of slot |
x
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32/24
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32 or 16-bit slot addressability |
y
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0/1
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Video extension slot no or yes |
z
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0/1
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Matched memory extension (?) no/yes |
DisketteDrive[n] = list
n = Number
of 'drive select' signals on cable minus 1.
(don't you wish they'd be consistent?)
list
0
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not installed
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1
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360K / 5.25"
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2
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1.2M / 5.25"
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3
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720K / 3.5"
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4
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1.44M / 3.5"
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6
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2.88M / 3.5"
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8
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reserved or tape
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Thanks to Peter for the following
section-
5 was -originally- intended to be used with 2.88MB / 3.5"
with 36 sectors á 512 bytes and 1 mbps/s data rate. The IBM 2.88MB
uses 18 sectors á 1.024 bytes at 1mbps data rate ...
Also not implemented but theoretically possible is the
2.4MB / 5.25" format as used for IBM minis and control-units. Didn't made
it due to the better handling of 3.5" disks.
The 9595 shows 1,2,4,6 in the planar-list ... and this
is what "Set
configuration" shows, when you cruise through the settings for FDD(1)
and (2) - plus "0" for "Not Installed". FDD(0) knows only 0,4,6 ... !
N.B. I have changed this for 5.25" drive support
on my Mod. 80 (i.e. added '1' to Drive[1] list) before now. Also, you can
figure this out by looking at what is listed in 'Change Config' as you
press F5/F6 repeatedly
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