[Techtoolslist] James has been busy!

[Matt Rossiter]

By the way, can someone explain the difference between a fluke signature and
a checksum?  Sometimes my fluke reports a bad rom signature, but that
doesn't necessarily mean the rom is bad does it?

Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: techtoolslist-bounces at flippers.com
[mailto:techtoolslist-bounces at flippers.com] On Behalf Of John Robertson
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:32 PM
To: Technical Tools Mail List
Subject: RE: [Techtoolslist] James has been busy!

Let me sell off my 9010A bases before someone makes a PC interface 
for the pods!

Sigh.

I agree though, that would be best - a number of people have looked 
into it and said they were going to do it...nothing so far though.

John :-#)#

At 7:25 PM -0400 9/13/05, James Bright wrote:

>Yeah, that's his name. The source code was there... or mostly there....

>if I recall. It's not really all that tough to do because the scripts

>that are delivered to the 9010A are really just keystrokes encoded a

>specific way. The tedious part is that implementing a parser/syntax

>checker/compiler and that is really not a whole lot of fun from a

>programming perspective... BTW, by looking at his code was how I figured

>out a little bit about "thunking down" to the z80 code.

>

>A much more interesting project would be an adapter to control the pods

>from a PC. Quite a bit of work to get that completed (which is why I've

>been keeping my eye on some of the Fluke emulation work), but it would

>open up the possibility of using a more structured language to write

>scripts. For example, wouldn't it be nice to use a CRC check instead of

>a Signature check for ROMs... which is a little hard to implement with

>existing script language.

>

>I'll start thinking about what enhancements I can do with

>tech.quarterarcade.com.

>

>JB

>

>

>--James Bright

>www.QuarterArcade.com

>Restored Arcade Games for your Home

>

>>  -----Original Message-----

>>  From: techtoolslist-bounces at flippers.com [mailto:techtoolslist-

>>  bounces at flippers.com] On Behalf Of John Robertson

>>  Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:12 PM

>>  To: Technical Tools Mail List

>>  Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] James has been busy!

>>

>>  No, there is another one, written by a Fredric L. Rice that he gave

>>  to the Fluke community (it's on the FTP somewhere) back in 2002. I

>>  don't think he included the source code though. I have sent him a

>>  note to see if he is interested in parting with that - assuming his

>>  email still works!

>>

>>  John :-#)#

>>

>>  At 6:50 PM +0100 9/13/05, Martin White wrote:

>>  >Don't forget that the compiler is just the command line one that

>>  >came with the 9010a. Therefore proprietry.

>>  >

>>  >I think!

>>  >

>>  >On 13 Sep 2005, at 18:32, Christopher X. Candreva wrote:

>>  >

>>  >>On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, John Robertson wrote:

>>  >>

>>  >>>The scripts run on the Fluke 9010A (Z80)...or are you speaking

>about

>>  the

>>  >>>compiler?

>>  >>>

>>  >>

>>  >>I was, sorry.

>>  >>

>>  >>

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